Case Study - HTC Contains Certain Security Flaws

Case Study 1

ANSWER:
HTC contains certain security flaws that are listed below:
1) The hacker can find your location, call history, sent text messages and remotely
disable the user’s phone.
2) HTC smartphone user's data is exploited with the help of a malicious application,
and the internet access can be granted.
Therefore, it must follow the following privacy policies:
1) Privacy Act 1988: This policy refers to identifying the personal information of the user
to give the required products or services.
 The privacy policy protects sharing of the user's personal information by taking
their consent prior to sharing it with the third party.
 It ensures responding to legal requests, right of property protection, security and
safety of the customers.
 It ensures following proper contractual obligations.
 Offer solution for the deficiencies.
2) Telecommunications Act 1997: This policy refers to facilitating suitable community
safeguards with respect to the activities of telecommunications, and intends in regulating
enough participants in the industry [1].
 Telecommunications Act even includes promoting responsible practices to send
messages.
3) Mobile security travel policy: This protects the users from malicious and inadvertent
mobile data security breaching [2].
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