The National Policing Improvement Agency is rolling out new mobile fingerprinting devices to police forces across England and Wales.

These devices will allow officers on the beat to check an individual's identity within two minutes, even if the person is unconscious.

Mark Bridge writes:

Much like the mainstream media, this week's news summary begins with 'voicemail hacking'. In our podcast feature on Friday we spoke to industry crime-fighter Jack Wraith about the security of voice messages. He explained how remote voicemail access was now much more secure than it was ten years ago, which is good news for everyone (except dodgy investigators).

Vodafone has issued a statement about the security of the Vodafone Sure Signal femtocell, which is available in the UK to boost signal strength indoors.

On Wednesday last week a security group called The Hacker's Choice said it had managed to reverse-engineer the equipment, enabling a modified femtocell to intercept calls made by Vodafone customers within 50 metres of the rogue device.

Mark Bridge writes:

In this week's podcast feature we're joined by Jack Wraith, chief executive for the Telecommunications UK Fraud Forum and chairman of the Mobile Industry Crime Action Forum.

He talks to Iain Graham about the current state of voicemail security and the improvements to mobile security we've seen in the last few years.

This week's edition of The Fonecast starts with a look at the EC's plans for European roaming charges. We then talk about payments and patents, apps and advertising... before finishing with a story about a kettle that'll charge your phone.

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