FCC, FTC launch inquiry into smartphone security updates

May 10

The government is trying to see if security updates can land in consumer’s phones faster

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission have opened parallel inquiries into the way smartphone security updates are issued and handled by major mobile carriers and device makers.

The two agencies say they are responding to the growing amount of personal information held in smartphones and a recent rise in the attacks on the security of that information.

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