Similarly, he says, hackers can write short programs to access a device's internal phone book, initiate or respond to a call, or do whatever else a legitimate user could do.

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Once in, researchers have full administrative access over the phone allowing them to listen in on room audio or snatch the SMS log, address book, call history, email passwords and more -- we're talking full access to your phone.

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Instead I would just buy a kindle book which I can access on a computer or phone with one purchase and when I upgrade my phone, I just uninstall the app on the old one and install it on the new one unlike apps like Skyscape.

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It allows police in California to access any data stored on an arrestee's phone: photos, address book, Web-browsing history, data stored in apps (including social media apps), voicemail messages, search history, chat logs, and more.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

The ruling allows police in California to access any data stored on an arrestee's phone: photos, address book, Web browsing history, data stored in apps (including social media apps), voicemail messages, search history, chat logs, and more.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

"It is in much the same way as you book a movie ticket by phone or online these days using your credit card and then when you get there you access your ticket through an ATM-type machine, " said Will, who is chairman of the World Cup ticketing sub-committee.

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