Thursday, March 1, 2012

PSA: Android Apps Can Upload Your Photos Without Consent!

From New York Times Bit Blog:

"It turns out that Google, maker of the Android mobile operating system, takes it one step further. Android apps do not need permission to get a user’s photos, and as long as an app has the right to go to the Internet, it can copy those photos to a remote server without any notice, according to developers and mobile security experts."
 I really recommend reading the full story at the link above, and also the story at Ars, and always read the comments on Ars!

I am really starting to think the Android and iOS fans that argue about which is better are both completely wrong, the real question is if either is less bad.

If you hadn't hear there are problems with Pictures on iOS devices as well.

I am becoming a real proponent of a Data Bill of Rights!

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