As if you didn't have enough thing's to safeguard in trying to "Avoid I.D.Theft" here's one that may come as a shock to most. Gentleman by the name of Charlie Miller exposed a virus that would enable hackers to control your iPhone with a simple text (SMS). You only have to actually receive the text to get hacked. This vulnerability was presented at the Black Hat Security conference in Vegas.
Apparently the Palm Press is vulnerable to similar attacks. The hack work's by sending your phone a text, that crashes your phone. Once it reboot's its theirs!!
If by chance you receive a text in a square character or any odd looking text messages(empty) "Shut your phone down". Unfortunatly at this time, thats about all we can do. We are all sort of waiting for that magic patch from "Apple". If by chance this hack spreads and they usually do, and god forbid you end up getting hacked. Be sure to monitor everything regarding your i.d. I will to keep you posted.
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