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Security Issues in Smartphones and their effects on the Telecom Networks
Master of Science Thesis in the program Networks and Distributed Systems
SAGHAR KHADEM
Chalmers University of Technology
University of Gothenburg
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Göteborg, Sweden, August 20102
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Security Issues in Smartphones and their effects on the Telecom Networks
SAGHAR KHADEM
© SAGHAR KHADEM, August 2010.
Examiner: TOMAS OLOVSSON
Chalmers University of Technology
University of Gothenburg
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
SE-412 96 Göteborg
Sweden
Telephone + 46 (0)31-772 1000
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Göteborg, Sweden August 20103
Abstract
Smartphones have become so popular these days because of their extra services and their extraordinary features compared to regular phones. They are very similar to PCs and laptops; therefore they encounter almost the same security problems and even worse with respect to memory and space limitations. Since the manufacturers focus on development of new features and fast release of new
Security Issues in Smartphones and their effects on the Telecom Networks
Master of Science Thesis in the program Networks and Distributed Systems
SAGHAR KHADEM
Chalmers University of Technology
University of Gothenburg
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Göteborg, Sweden, August 20102
The Author grants to Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg the nonexclusive right to publish the Work electronically and in a non-commercial purpose make it accessible on the Internet. The Author warrants that she is the author to the Work, and warrants that the Work does not contain text, pictures or other material that violates copyright law.
The Author shall, when transferring the rights of the Work to a third party (for example a publisher or a company); acknowledge the third party about this agreement. If the Author has signed a copyright agreement with a third party regarding the Work, the Author warrants hereby that she has obtained any necessary permission from this third party to let Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg store the Work electronically and make it accessible on the Internet.
Security Issues in Smartphones and their effects on the Telecom Networks
SAGHAR KHADEM
© SAGHAR KHADEM, August 2010.
Examiner: TOMAS OLOVSSON
Chalmers University of Technology
University of Gothenburg
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
SE-412 96 Göteborg
Sweden
Telephone + 46 (0)31-772 1000
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Göteborg, Sweden August 20103
Abstract
Smartphones have become so popular these days because of their extra services and their extraordinary features compared to regular phones. They are very similar to PCs and laptops; therefore they encounter almost the same security problems and even worse with respect to memory and space limitations. Since the manufacturers focus on development of new features and fast release of new