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2010-10-01
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And you guys are 100% sure this isn't happening in our ecosystem?
Android is popular enough to be a target of such study (who knows the actual intention, but it spouted beneficial result anyhow).. can't say the same to 'us'.
Android is popular enough to be a target of such study (who knows the actual intention, but it spouted beneficial result anyhow).. can't say the same to 'us'.
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2010-10-01
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Originally Posted by afaq
Don't be evil
i love communicating through the medium of XKCD
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its a sad day when i can't slip at least one hitchhiker reference in somewhere.
sarcasm may be the lowest form of wit, but its the only wit i have.
its a sad day when i can't slip at least one hitchhiker reference in somewhere.
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2010-10-01
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Originally Posted by ysss
Nope. Guess that means it's time to slather on the DRM. No root console for you, someone might use it against you!
And you guys are 100% sure this isn't happening in our ecosystem?
That said, I doubt it. And merely tossing out FUD isn't good enough, if you want to make the implication it's up to you to show it
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2010-10-01
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I have to say for a few weeks i seen this topic coming sooner or later...
Recently i purchased a cheap android device for my wife, and as she is on pay as you go contract i also delete the access point to prevent the phone from going online via the phone access point, but she can still get to the web via our wifi, the problem i notice straight away with the android phone is that most applications try to retrieve your wifi information for position and location and the gps information build into the phone alone doesn't seem to be enough...
the problem with google and other companies gathering this kind of information is that google then recognises your router details and with the rest of information collected they basically get your physical location and make this info available for anyone to cross reference for example to view your location via street view, as it has been demostrate recently by some hackers, in think in particular firefox allows web sites to anonymous gather your router information... which not only google most likely already gathered when they were going around the streets to capture the street view images but also from the actually applications anonymously gathering collecting this kind of information... basically as it has been demonstrate a dodgy script running on a site can gather this info.
Last edited by windows7; 2010-10-02 at 09:46.
Recently i purchased a cheap android device for my wife, and as she is on pay as you go contract i also delete the access point to prevent the phone from going online via the phone access point, but she can still get to the web via our wifi, the problem i notice straight away with the android phone is that most applications try to retrieve your wifi information for position and location and the gps information build into the phone alone doesn't seem to be enough...
the problem with google and other companies gathering this kind of information is that google then recognises your router details and with the rest of information collected they basically get your physical location and make this info available for anyone to cross reference for example to view your location via street view, as it has been demostrate recently by some hackers, in think in particular firefox allows web sites to anonymous gather your router information... which not only google most likely already gathered when they were going around the streets to capture the street view images but also from the actually applications anonymously gathering collecting this kind of information... basically as it has been demonstrate a dodgy script running on a site can gather this info.
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2010-10-01
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Originally Posted by wmarone
You must be unfamiliar with cherry, from Nokia itself with PR1.2
There might be in the future, but at this point I don't know of any.
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=53565
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The Mini-USB plug is an improvement over both the Type B plug and the Micro-B plug.
The Mini-USB plug is an improvement over both the Type B plug and the Micro-B plug.
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2010-10-01
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Originally Posted by new_bee
"Some of the most popular apps written for Google's Android phones do not tell users what data they are gathering, says a study by US researchers."
continue reading here....
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11443111
is it possible to have something like a firewall application working in background which can report all these unwanted background activities in maemo?
You're welcome:
http://www.androidcentral.com/taintd...-android-phone
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Nokia's slogan shouldn't be the pedo-palmgrabbing image with the slogan, "Connecting People"... It should be one hand open pleadingly with another hand giving the middle finger and the more apt slogan, "Potential Unrealized." --DR
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2010-10-01
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Originally Posted by festivalnut
Yes. Well then, since making boatloads of money has kept microsoft from being evil, the xkcd premise is correct and we have nothing to worry about.
i love communicating through the medium of XKCD
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2010-10-01
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Originally Posted by afaq
Nokia: Don't be lame
Don't be evil
DOH!
Originally Posted by wmarone
*cough* Nokia secret SMS closed-source trojans (AFAYK) don't exist! NAaaaaaaaww!
Nope. Guess that means it's time to slather on the DRM. No root console for you, someone might use it against you!
That said, I doubt it. And merely tossing out FUD isn't good enough, if you want to make the implication it's up to you to show it
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Nokia's slogan shouldn't be the pedo-palmgrabbing image with the slogan, "Connecting People"... It should be one hand open pleadingly with another hand giving the middle finger and the more apt slogan, "Potential Unrealized." --DR
Nokia's slogan shouldn't be the pedo-palmgrabbing image with the slogan, "Connecting People"... It should be one hand open pleadingly with another hand giving the middle finger and the more apt slogan, "Potential Unrealized." --DR
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2010-10-01
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Originally Posted by danramos
Yes yes, that's been pointed out twice now.
*cough* Nokia secret SMS closed-source trojans (AFAYK) don't exist! NAaaaaaaaww!
But I suppose that reinforces my point that being locked down doesn't help you in the slightest.
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"N900 community support for the MeeGo-Harmattan" Is the new "Mer is Fremantle for N810".
No more Nokia devices for me.