An Opened Eye on you

As personal communication platforms, third-generation (3G) smartphones have become increasingly pervasive in recent years. Unfortunately, they contain more personal and confidential information and are easily compromised. Particularly, we design and implement stealthy video capturer (SVC), a new video-based spyware, on real 3G smartphones. The SVC can steal private information of users by secretly recording and transmitting videos to a third party. We present two practical applications of SVC, i.e., mobile forensics and child care. We anticipate that this article will draw extensive attention to the readers of this issue.

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