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when we load & run apps we get warnings but I wonder how many ppl actually know potential threat. I stumbled on this so figured is share ... http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-20008518-245.html?tag=newsLatestHeadlinesArea.0

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Article would be way cooler if they told us which apps can send the sms's and make calls...if they know a few of them, why not put em out on front street?

thanks op!

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I kinda assumed some did when a wallpaper app wanted access to my contacts :confused1:

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it's only going to get worse as mobile tech evolves :p

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I'm sure facebook is one of them...

I'm afraid privacy is a thing of the past.

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At least with android it is. The creepy warnings I get when installing stuff is why I may be giving Microsoft and Apple another look, something I didnt even consider just a couple weeks ago.........keyboard apps that could keep all the text I type, seriously? No thanks. A google ad I can handle, espionage I cannot.

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Apple? you might want to rethink that

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At least we get warnings. If you aren't comfortable giving an app access to certain things, then don't install it.

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+1 to this... I don't think Apple's AppStore gives you any kind of warnings, does it? I've never really used it hands on (just looking over someone's shoulder) but I don't recall seeing the kinds of warnings we get w/ the Androind Market...

And I know first hand Microsoft's WinMo Marketplace does NOT offer any kind of warning...

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I've noticed that and anything that says it will access my contacts, I don't add it because it is creepy. What are they doing with that information?

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just use and antivirus/ spyware app.

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Let's see what app's would access your contacts well facebook twitter all these social apps. It is what they are designed to do guys. Lot's of app's these days tie all this stuff together think about what the app does and what you want it to do. Like some others have said at least with android you are warned what it CAN do. Just because your contacts are accessed doesn't mean they are transmitted to someone else.

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Only a fifth? Wow, I find that a HUGE underestimation. Of course they're exposing private data, security is not always the concern when you're not charging for an applicaton.

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I did read the article and it is not independent it comes from a company selling anti spyware software. I think if this were as big a problem as he is saying that someone here or XDA would have found some evidence of it. Not saying it couldn't be true but the scare tactics from everyone are getting really really old.

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Google is "Big Brother"

http://www.criminaljusticeusa.com/bl...ows-about-you/

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Skynet...

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It is probably more than a fifth - and it is not in any way just a google thing.

Net anonymity is waning - privacy really is going/gone, and there's not really a way to get it back.

Go search your own name on a site like Spokeo.com. They have some incorrect info, but you may be surprised about how much of your life is already known and available to anyone. The younger you are, the less info they will have - but once you start integrating into society (loans, homes, credit cards), you are "out there".

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HTC specifically does NOT recommend this!

-also i find these findings along the same line as the company making these allegations to increase sales in their 30$ anti-spyware app :spam2:

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Big Brother, Skynet.....either way we are not alone, someone is watching us...collecting info.....and waiting. Me, no I'm not paranoid, not me, stop the whispering, ahhhhhhhh!

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Obama is collecting data through Google just before THEY send everyone to re-education camps. Heck, 3hots and a cot, I'm in........

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Do you really think all the stuff we put on our PCs don;t already do some of this stuff?...:cussing::laughing6:


Here is another good read from the other site...

http://androidforums.com/android-app...w-android.html

Here is a new "Norton" app...looks kind-of cool...not really sure the virus/malware is needed for a phone, but the remote wipe and sms lock-out features look promising...think I'll try it out!...Based on the comments, I may just pass...
http://www.androidapps.com/t/norton-security

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Moved to Android Apps & Games




CW

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now that is definitely creepy...

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Hmm, has a few piddly things right that you can get from any courthouse in the area you live but not much else. Heck, it says my wife is a male. ROFLMAO

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The things that programs do require is a little bit ridiculous. But on the other hand they give generalized warnings as to what the program does. I wish that they would provide more info as to what it will be doing with that so that we can make more informed choices as to what programs to install.

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I love that I do not have much information on the web in my name. Spokeo and google find nothing on me besides my master thesis. Not everyone has lost all privacy.

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Well the stuff they request information for is not at all ridiculous when you think about it. The official twitter app can sync data with my contacts. That's ALL it needs contact access for. However, android doesn't allow access to JUST changing pictures for contacts. They have to have full access, even if they don't do everything they have access to. Really, its just a nice courtesy that they tell you before you install it that they are accessing this information.

Think of it this way: You have a barrel full of apples, oranges, olives, and bananas (This is off the top of my head, the food variety isn't the point)

You need an olive from that barrel. Its a very small thing, but you still have to stick your hand in the barrel to get it.

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nobody seemed to care when i tried to warn em over a month ago.. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...light=evo+spam

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Nobody seemed to care because your point is completely invalid in that thread. Similar, in a way, the the pointlessness of the paranoia in this thread.

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I get that and decent way of explaining it, but it is sort of weird when (as others have stated many times) when I install a game it needs to have access to my contacts? I guess I just wish they were more specific on explaining why they would need access to my contacts and such.

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Most games have an "Invite friends to play" feature.