A man, named only as Choi, was sentenced in a Seoul high court to 18 months jail time for snooping on a womans phone. He was apparently able to implant a bugging program on the phone by simply sending her a text message luring her to follow a booby-trapped link. Choi recorded 180 of the woman’s phone calls, and passed on transcripts to her husband. The court decided to sternly punish the defendant for creating privacy concerns among the public. In many cases security is only as good as people think it is, says the court ruling.”]
Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2013/11/11/who-is-to-blame-for-hacker-phobia/

