A source near T-Mobile’s high level security teams has informed Gizmodo that the carrier has given an informal ultimatum to Danger, the company that produces the hit Sidekick and Sidekick II. The problem isn’t the device itself, but the security of the backend servers, which Danger also manages. If the security issues plaguing the platform are not fixed, says our source, T-Mobile intends to stop selling the Sidekick.
Although the security issues on the Sidekick platform are far from a new development, the Paris Hilton Sidekick Hack made it a much more prominent issue (and ironically, increased Sidekick sales). We’ve been told that T-Mobile has limited Danger’s access to T-Mobile customer data to a bare minimum in an attempt to mitigate any possible future leaks.
https://gizmodo.com/paris-hilton-hacked-t-mobile-responds-33750
Danger could not be reached for comment, but it’s also the wee hours of the morning in California, so no foul. We hope to confirm this information as soon as possible, since it could affect not only Danger, but all users of the Sidekick platform.
Update: We’ve been informed that the date of the security ultimatum is July 1st, 2005.
Update update: I spoke to Matt at Danger who said that the company was not aware of any such ultimatum, and would term the report “innaccurate.”
