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[Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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On 11.06.2015 22:03, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> El día Thursday, June 11, 2015 a las 09:44:06PM +0200, Torsten
> Sachse escribió:
> 
>>> Nokia 3310 has green answer button I'm sure. The interaction to
>>> access calls / messages on calls on ubuntu touch to me is far
>>> superior than any other phone I've used
>>> 
>>> Wayne
>> 
>> I partly agree. The only things I don't understand are 1) why the
>> slider has to be so narrow and 2) why it is not located in the
>> middle of the screen.  That would make it a lot easier to reach
>> and to operate, expecially considering how today's phones get
>> bigger and bigger but people's hands don't. I, for one, have
>> comparatively small hands. On my android phone, the
>> slider-equivalent used to be in the middle thus making it a lot
>> easier to reach for me. It also had a back button on the upper
>> left (software) and lower right (hardware) meaning I could use
>> the phone with either hand. But that's another story.
> 
> Sorry, but I keep thinking that if anyone who found a device which
> is locked by a passcode, but SIM signed in, can accept any incoming
> call, that this is a security issue.

I guess I could agree, although, the other end is probably not going
to give you bank details if the voice isn't what it expects...

> More, can the attacker after accepting the call even make an
> outgoing call to "invite" a 3rd person into the conference or has
> access to contact data while in the call? I have not tested this.

You should before complaining about it.

> And keep in mind, the caller could be the attacker itself to get
> access to this features on a normaly locked device.

Also keep in mind that an incoming call does not unlock the phone. It
just puts a stripped down version of the dialer on top of the lockscreen
.

Br,
Michael
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