The Federal Trade Commission last week reached a settlement with HTC America over charges the company failed to take reasonable steps to secure the software in its smartphones and tablet computers. The security flaws could have compromised the privacy of millions of consumers, the agency said. This is the FTC’s first case against a mobile device manufacturer. The settlement calls for the company to patch the vulnerabilities and indeed, HTC and its network partners have already deployed many security patches to consumers’ devices.
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FTC Gives HTC a Good Shaking Over Bungled Security
Posted by: Erika Morphy February 25, 2013 04:10 PMThe Federal Trade Commission last week reached a settlement with HTC America over charges the company failed to take reasonable steps to secure the software in its smartphones and tablet computers. The security flaws could have compromised the privacy of millions of consumers, the agency said. This is the FTC’s first case against a mobile device manufacturer. The settlement calls for the company to patch the vulnerabilities and indeed, HTC and its network partners have already deployed many security patches to consumers’ devices.