[–] DillHoleBagHands 2 points 13 points 15 points (+15|-2) ago
Imagine my fucking shock...
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[–] VillaLopez 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
And yet again my choice to not use a smart phone is reinforced.
[–] kris2323 1 point -1 points 0 points (+0|-1) ago
Interesting to know -> The experiment involved more than 17,000 of the most popular Android apps using ten different phones. During the study, the researchers started to see that screenshots and video recordings of what people were doing in apps were being sent to third party domains. For example, when one of the phones used an app from GoPuff, a delivery start-up for people who have sudden cravings for junk food, the interaction with the app was recorded and sent to a domain affiliated with Appsee, a mobile analytics company. The video included a screen where you could enter personal information—in this case, their zip code.
[–] one_dim_tim 0 points 10 points 10 points (+10|-0) ago
Misleading title. No evidence from the university study suggests microphone/camera video, the study is about screenshots. Also, the link is straight regurgitation of the Gizmodo story.
“We didn’t see any evidence that people’s conversations are being recorded secretly,” said David Choffnes, one of the authors of the paper. “What people don’t seem to understand is that there’s a lot of other tracking in daily life that doesn’t involve your phone’s camera or microphone that give a third party just as comprehensive a view of you.”
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[–] ThisIsntMe123 ago
This is for APPS. Not saying Google doesn't or can't, but this is if you install 3rd party apps. They said no proof of Google doing it. They're also napping permissions in the background. Further, can't you stop access on newer versions of Android?
[–] 13214449? 1 point 0 points 1 point (+1|-1) ago
This just confirms what many of us already suspected. This is why I do not own any kind of mobile phone.
[–] slwsnowman40 ago
I miss those days...I have gone back to a feature phone, and I'm not entirely certain that I'm not being listened too. As a result, I've made more phone calls because texting is a pain in the ass.