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 along_the_road   ( @along_the_road@beehaw.org )  to Technology · 2 months ago

Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phones

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Hackers can steal 2FA codes and private messages from Android phones

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 along_the_road   ( @along_the_road@beehaw.org )  to Technology · 2 months ago
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    Authenticator app just needs to implement FLAG_SECURE, no?

    Seems more like an app dev issue

    •  jherazob   ( @jherazob@beehaw.org ) 
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      Looks like this works regardless of that

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        Looks like you might be right - though I imagine disabling the ability to draw over apps with that security flag in place would do a lot to mitigate… but… im also not a security researcher

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