Wi-Fi security flaw for smartphones puts your credit cards at risk | Technology | The Guardian

Wi-Fi security flaw for smartphones puts your credit cards at risk | Technology | The Guardian: "Millions of smartphone users and BT customers who use Wi-Fi wireless internet 'hotspot' connections in public are vulnerable to fraud and identity theft, a Guardian investigation has established.

In tests conducted with volunteers – to avoid breaching telecommunications and computer misuse laws – security experts were able to gather usernames, passwords and messages from phones using Wi-Fi in public places.

In the case of the best-selling Apple iPhone 4 and other smartphone handsets, the information could be harvested without the users' knowledge and even when they were not actively surfing the web if the phone was turned on"