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Ray-Ven 2011-07-15 00:57

Firefox fennec reads my n900 adressbook
 
how can I prevent applications from looking into my adressbook?
fennec reads it
(hit an "enter email field" on any website)

Ray

dchky 2011-07-16 06:14

Re: Firefox fennec reads my n900 adressbook
 
Are you sure it's the address book being scanned or just the regular form completion throwing up previously entered values for the same html element name?

Technically there is nothing you could do to stop any developer from adding code to scan your address book, though I'm pretty sure fennec doesn't do that anyway.

abill_uk 2011-07-16 06:36

Re: Firefox fennec reads my n900 adressbook
 
No fennec does not scan your email addresses but the fennec.exe could well become infected with malware so if your noticing any strange behaviour then best to connect your N900 in mass storage mode and run your pc anti malware scanner when you have connected it via usb for any infections.

Not sure if there is anything even close to attack the N900 but you just never know so always best to do a scan now and then.

Ray-Ven 2011-07-21 11:33

Re: Firefox fennec reads my n900 adressbook
 
it aint previously entered values. Haven't scanned the device for malware jet, as it's a almost new device - will try it though and post the results

laasonen 2011-07-21 11:41

Re: Firefox fennec reads my n900 adressbook
 
  1. Mounting your N900 to PC only lets you scan the MyDocs partition
  2. Windows virus scanners only find windows viruses
  3. Its highly unlikely that you have malware on your phone

Captwheeto 2011-07-21 11:43

Re: Firefox fennec reads my n900 adressbook
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by abill_uk (Post 1051944)
No fennec does not scan your email addresses but the fennec.exe could well become infected with malware

>fennec.exe
>.exe
>linux runs ELF

not sure if trolling?

laasonen 2011-07-21 11:48

Re: Firefox fennec reads my n900 adressbook
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Captwheeto (Post 1055351)
>fennec.exe
>.exe
>linux runs ELF

not sure if trolling?

Its abill_uk :p


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