(keitai-l) Re: NTT DoCoMo Discloses Method to Obtain 503i Handset ID from Web Site

> The bigger issue with this is it's a HANDSET Id -- like the serial
> number under the battery -- not a USER id.

Agree.

So far the relationship was 1 handset = 1 user (for 99% of the users, not
the Noopers :),  as you cannot change the user on a mobile phone yet, e.g.
having different configs and phone books for a set of users. [HINT!].   Is
anyone doing progress for multi-user phones?

Reto

[Btw. this would also solve the problem to lend a phone to a friend as you
could set some kind of security settings, e.g. disabling certain hefty
services]


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From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
[mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of Renfield Kuroda
Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 7:35 PM
To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: NTT DoCoMo Discloses Method to Obtain 503i Handset
ID from Web Site


The bigger issue with this is it's a HANDSET Id -- like the serial
number under the battery -- not a USER id. I don't care about
authenticating the device, for security I want to authenticate the user.
It's a decent first-level filter, but it should not be used as the
end-all user authentication.
Also, when a user switches devices, the id # is different, no?

r e n


Reto Grob wrote:
>
> http://www.nikkeibp.asiabiztech.com/wcs/leaf?CID=onair/asabt/news/127130
>
> The warning function is interesting for keeping some form of privacy [if
it
> cannot be bypassed]
>
> But I do not see it for enabling security:
> - There is no info on how the id is created, so it is possibly insecure.
> - Use your own i-appli micro browser and fake ids to access ...
>
>   "...groupware or Web sites conducting online transactions, for
> authorization."
>   [text]
>
>   happy m-trading! :)
>
> Anyone thinking about the security of the id?
>
> Reto,
> Hitachi CRL
>
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