OT: Cellular banking

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Assaf Gamliel <https://plus.google.com/116021226823954924868/posts> gave a
lecture about android security and bank application for android in israel.
It was quite a fascinating lecture. I highly recommend to contact him.

http://www.meetup.com/GDG-Herzeliya/events/135472262/


On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 1:55 PM, E.S. Rosenberg <esr+linux-il at g.jct.ac.il>wrote:

> Re:all
> Again, if the two endpoints are trusted and the communication method
> is trusted what's in between them (the provider) is irrelevant.
>
> Do I trust android? Depends who's phone, a phone constantly in my
> control that I know all software came from trusted sources and has
> some level of security sw installed yes, someone else's phone where I
> have no idea whether they went ahead and clicked "yes yes yes" on all
> kinds of programs from God knows where absolutely not.
> Sadly there is plenty of malware out there for Android which mostly
> relies on users installing software from untrusted sources.
>
> Regards,
> Eliyahu - אליהו
>
> 2013/12/6 geoffrey mendelson <geoffreymendelson at gmail.com>:
> > On 12/6/2013 11:00 AM, Rabin Yasharzadehe wrote:
> >
> > I do not trust the cellular companies ROM's - so I always switch to an
> open
> > source one (like CM)
> > There was a time no long ago where each ROM (even iPhone's) came with a
> > rootkit to monitor ALL your activities on your phone.
> >
> > The real question, IMHO Is do they use encryption as in HTTPS or SSL and
> how
> > good their (and Android/iOS) implementation of it is.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > As for trusting the cellular providers ... You don't have much a choice
> ...
> > Do you ?.
> > algoth I will go with Golan Telecom for now, as their website allows you
> to
> > mange your cellular package.
> >
> > Golan is basically CellCOM, they send their data over Cellcom's
> > infrastructure. AFAIK, CellCom links their cells with fiber optic cables
> > from BEZEQ (everyone, including HOT, except for the IEC does).
> >
> > Lots of people to trust. :-)
> >
> >
> > Geoff.
> >
> > --
> > Geoffrey S. Mendelson 4X1GM/N3OWJ
> > Jerusalem Israel.
> >
> >
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