On the topic below I just saw this: Android wallpaper app that steals your data was downloaded by millions http://mobile.venturebeat.com/2010/07/28/android-wallpaper-app-that-steals-your-data-was-downloaded-by-millions/
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Brian Friday <[email protected]> wrote: > > <SNIP> > The Android store has very minimal protections of this type thus the > "uncurated" title given to their store. If I was going to give any > recommendation for anyone running an Android phone it would be be very > careful of the app you download because it can be allowed access to any data > on your phone. The same warning you would give anyone using a computer in the > wild. What has been less clear is if the app is required to actually tell you > what data it is accessing or if it can bury that "agreement/notice" in a > terms of service that you won't read allowing you to agree to things you > would not normally. > > -Brian _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
