Thread: Flashlight - Shady Network Usage
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2014-01-07 , 17:59
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#14
Originally Posted by rainisto View Post
Topic is missleading, sending usage statistics to home is not a malware. Its quite normal application behaviour.
Yeah, it's normal nowadays (albeit a bit strange on a simple flashlight app), but doing so without any permissions given by the user - that's malware-like behavior. Also, I changed the title as per your suggestion.

Originally Posted by rainisto View Post
Must be just you. I did read the qml code on what data application sends, and as it doesnt send anything else than usage statistics, I'm still a happy user and havent uninstalled anything. And will continue using his great apps without any problems. [...] And his statistic function was in very readable QML file so he wasnt trying to hide anything (usually malware would do it in secret and with hidden functions outside QML [...]
I'm sure you too acknowledge there's a problem in the way the app behaves currently; data collection without even a mention anywhere in the relevant sources like Jolla Harbour. In other words: I shouldn't have to learn qml to know what the app does inside my phone. That's why Ts&Cs exist.

The persisting of uninstallation in usr/share is strange too. A bit of malware-like even.

And for the last (but not least), I'd like thank you for being active here in these forums, even though you (have to) partake in lot of arguments and take a lot of flack, being a security engineer in Jolla is - I imagine - not the easiest position to be in this forum. Not all companies are so easily reachable, and I appreciate that alot. Thank you!