What is the security of Java applications in the Nokia 6610?
The Java platform in the Nokia 6610 has extensive security mechanisms. Phone user confirmation is needed for the Java application to make a network connection. To make sure that the phone user knows whether the application is connected or not, a network connection indicator is shown in the upper left-hand corner of the display whenever the application is connected. To ensure that the phone user is aware of the tariff for the network connection, the applications can be connected only through the WAP gateway defined in the WAP settings. To make sure that the Java applications do not expose the phone user’s sensitive data, the applications cannot read the phone user’s private data on the device. For example, the Java applications cannot access the phone book, calendar, text messages and call register. The only data that the applications can access is the application’s own data, i.e. the data the application itself has stored in the device. Experts in the telecommunications industry within
