Thursday, April 11, 2013

Hacking A Plane With An Android Phone

Oh the horror! SERIOUSLY!

With an Android smartphone, the right apps and the knowledge of the airplane industry computer systems it is possible for someone to control the plane itself (even while it's in air!). Someone who gains access into aircraft systems has the ability to, through their Android phone, change the destination of a flight, receive information about the aircrafts current location, gain access to information shared between aircrafts, and turn on (or off) the lights within the plane.

Hugo Teso, a trained commercial pilot and security consultant brought this problem to surface for correction during a conference in Amsterdam. Now that this problem has been brought to light hopefully there are less chances that the control of an aircraft will slip into the wrong hands.

For more information read the two sources listed below.

Source: Hijacking Airplanes With an Android Smartphone
How A Single Android Phone Can Hack an Entire Plane 

Friday, April 5, 2013

What's All This Talk About Facebook Home?


From the sources below Facebook Home turns out to be an app mainly for phones with the Android operating system. Yet, it isn't that simple. With this new software Android users are able to use their phones while having Facebook at the center. If you are an Android user you will still be able to access other apps by swiping downward or in a different direction depending on the phone device you are using.



Invitation
 

The HTC First is, the FIRST of what is now being called a Facebook Phone. Apparently, there will be more devices that will offer this new Facebook software, which will make the device a Facebook Phone considering it is centered on the use of Facebook.






Gizmodo
HTC First features includes a five-inch LCD3 screen, dual-core Qualcomm 8930AA 1.4-GHz processor, four different colors (red, white, light blue, black), 16 GB internal storage, and a front and rear facing camera.





Sources:
Facebook Home Available April 12th, Updates Each Month
Facebook Home Revealed
HTC First Official
HTC First demoed: A Snappy and Social Phone