Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > comp.misc > #306

Re: John McAfee declares war on Android

Show all headers | View raw

On Wed, 12 Feb 2014 06:29:55 -0800 (PST)
Vince Mulhollon <vincemulhollon@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday, February 12, 2014 1:59:34 AM UTC-6, cykros wrote:
> > Providing awareness of the extent of unnecessary and overreaching permissions
> 
> My small town three office credit union has an app for people too lazy
or baffled to use the website.  All it does is wrap the website.  Oh,
that, and read your entire contact list (WTF?)

That is creepy.  I was looking for an article about an app that reveals
to you what each app on your system has permission to do.  Found this
instead, which is similar but not exactly what I remember reading the
last time.

"http://www.androidauthority.com/clueful-privacy-advisor-app-review-315440/"

iOS apps don't even tell you what permissions they need.  It's crazy.
These days you can get people to do almost anything in the name of
'convenience' and 'user experience.'

That said, I'm not a big fan of McAfee's software.  I would be very
skeptical of installing anything of his on my phone/tablet in fears it
would install itself permanently, nag me to death, and bog the system
down until it runs at a slow crawl.

Back to comp.misc | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

John McAfee declares war on Android cykros <cykros@devio.us> - 2014-02-12 02:59 -0500
  Re: John McAfee declares war on Android Vince Mulhollon <vincemulhollon@gmail.com> - 2014-02-12 06:29 -0800
    Re: John McAfee declares war on Android RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2014-02-12 14:55 +0000
      Re: John McAfee declares war on Android 2phar <none@example.com> - 2014-02-12 10:02 -0500
        Re: John McAfee declares war on Android cykros@devio.us - 2014-02-13 04:53 +0000

csiph-web