Mobile virus epidemics: don't panic
Every time I lose my mobile phone, which happens far too often, I'm given the opportunity to check out the latest and greatest phone technologies available. This is great stuff. They have zoom lenses for pictures and Quicktime videos, they have high resolution color screens, wireless data access for my laptop, they play MP3s, send emails, and even sync my calendar and address book wirelessly with my desktop. With Bluetooth, WAP, and mobile browsers, these are tiny computers with far more power than most people give them credit for.
With computing power comes security weaknesses, viruses and worms. Is no technology sacred from security threats? There is almost no consumer-level technology left where viruses and malicious code has failed to appear (the possible exception being a great source of envy, OS X). Mobile phones are becoming a vector of attack.
