tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post8055723668456710086..comments2024-03-28T09:46:22.919-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Android users, your apps are spying on your locationBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-32336313832319597812014-02-04T12:19:29.403-05:002014-02-04T12:19:29.403-05:00At the risk of raising ire: I note your list of ta...At the risk of raising ire: I note your list of tags for this post. May I suggest you add a new one - "IT god complex"?<br /><br />Sadly, I fear that some of this comes from pure hubris, along with a dash (or five) of the unfortunate inclination towards the mindset of a petty tyrant that I've seen in some really smart IT-savvy people. They pull stunts like putting location tracking in an app that in no way needs it simply because they can, and they don't think the average user is smart enough to catch them in it, much less call them on it.<br /><br />Of course, in this day and age, the various tentacles of the .gov are happy to reap the snooping benefit of such arrogance.<br /><br />And of course, I'm not even remotely suggesting that some of the apps have this built in at the suggestion of that .gov. "Suggestion" as in, "Nice app you got here. Be a shame if something happened to it..."Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984513515777297544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-85370625898551320822014-02-04T10:52:00.676-05:002014-02-04T10:52:00.676-05:00I assume that if it asks for the permission, it is...I assume that if it asks for the permission, it is going to use it.<br /><br />A game I really like, Triple Town, recently updated to add in location tracking "because their new ad network requires it." So now every week I get a nag from the Play Store telling me the app needs updating. Well, it may, but I don't.Rick Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10992428161064901136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-31157503826804009032014-02-04T10:05:51.130-05:002014-02-04T10:05:51.130-05:00The question I always wonder is if there is there ...The question I always wonder is if there is there any reason to believe an app just because it says it isn't tracking your location.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-27020008969449839912014-02-04T08:23:47.429-05:002014-02-04T08:23:47.429-05:00Oh yeah, LOTS of updates coming... I hope (even th...Oh yeah, LOTS of updates coming... I hope (even though I don't have an Android).Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com