gracie
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Re: Found New Security Flaw in Cingular VM
said by ImCanadian :
T-Mobile also does not require PIN if calling VM from cell phone.
it is optional with t-mobile...you can set it up to require the passcode or not very easily in the options; one of the first things i do wih a nw tmobile phone is require the passcode for vm (and set it NOT to send my caller id when i call someone, which is on by default). i believe the OP will find that is true of cingular as well, even with the new system, and he just doesn't have it turned on in his phone, but he is right that it probably sould be on by default and then the user can choose to turn it off.
often, companies err on the side of convenience rather than security; that's something we all know and complain about  .
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Zuhaib
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said by ImCanadian :
T-Mobile also does not require PIN if calling VM from cell phone.
Yes, but i would not put it past them that its also just caller id based security which is very weak. As example above, its not hard to get around it.
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ImCanadian
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T-Mobile also does not require PIN if calling VM from cell phone. |
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