Damn HappyScrappy and his Java V.M.

[Y_lifter]

October 29, Security Focus – Mobile phones packing Java virtual machines are gaining in popularity, and are headed for American shores. Will they be the next arena for malicious hacking? Java phones are coming to the U.S., bringing with them a second chance for mobile applications, and, experts caution, a new platform for malicious code. "It's going to be an issue," says Tony Davis, acting CEO of Tira Wireless, a Toronto startup that certifies and publishes J2ME (Java 2 MicroEdition) applications. Davis already uses a Trojan horse program when he makes sales calls. "When I meet with European carriers, I pull up a phone and show them a car racing game that's actually not just that, it's sending a huge amount of traffic back and forth," Davis says. "I tell them, your customer is going to get a bill for 500 pounds at the end of the month, and who are they going to come after? You." Malicious code can be used to cause cell phones to freeze up, or to connect to Web sites. Data interception is also possible, and theoretically a virus or worm could attack a device, though replicating itself seems unlikely. Andy Seybold, president of Outlook4mobility, says the long term issue will come as Java transforms phones into data devices, even in the U.S. Source: http://online.securityfocus.com/news/1531

 

[HappyScrappy]

my favorite phone annoyance is something that I don't want to happen to me, but I think the idea behind it is cool.
there are two ways of implementing it - one is via bluetooth, the other is gps.
but as you get near things - like say you walk by a bar, then you get an instant message, or worse yet - an actualy phone call from an automated system - and the message is an ad for the bar.
now with the color systems and the ability to play video (or at least fake it for now - they are moving quickly towards it) - then they can send you little commercials.

it is sort of a poor man's ad system like in Minority Report.

I think it sounds terribly annoying, but I like the programming behind it.

 

[Y_lifter]

I'm looking for a killer something I can Beam from my IPAQ to a few unsuspecting Managers I work with that carry them on the hip like fag bags.

Something like a time delay popup window that tells them they are Useless, Weak and need to be Culled from the corp herd...

Now, go off and write me something for MS Pocket PC 2000 , OK ?