Masa_1964 Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 http://www.whydontyoutrythis.com/2014/10/heres-why-you-absolutely-need-to-uninstall-your-phones-flashlight-app-now.html Masa_1964 Quote
SiD Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Fact check yo. http://www.howtogeek.com/198846/no-your-iphone-flashlight-is-not-spying-on-you/ http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/flashlight.asp Quote
VanDuyvesteijn Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Fact check yo. http://www.howtogeek.com/198846/no-your-iphone-flashlight-is-not-spying-on-you/ http://www.snopes.com/computer/internet/flashlight.asp So you would say all applications are able to sell our personal information to make a profit? I guess at least with android you always get to see what permissions you give the application right? Quote
SiD Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 So you would say all applications are able to sell our personal information to make a profit? I guess at least with android you always get to see what permissions you give the application right? Yes. All apps have this potential. Actually it's not just apps. Facebook. Myspace. linkedin. Steam. Sony. Shit, even FA could sell personal info if the founders really wanted to. The truth of the matter is, if you use anything with online services you're at risk. The way I see it, if you don't want to risk having personal info stolen or sold don't A: Use said online services or B: Put shit online that you may some day regret. 2 Quote
Masa_1964 Posted January 4, 2015 Author Posted January 4, 2015 I guess at least with android you always get to see what permissions you give the application right? How many reads that 25 pages of legal bs? I bet less than 10% Masa_1964 2 Quote
VanDuyvesteijn Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 How many reads that 25 pages of legal bs? I bet less than 10% Masa_1964 Even less I guess haha. Though the scarce moments that I do the legal pages literally state some ownership claims and responsibility statements. I do believe there is some upcoming European change in law that you can not simply expect people to read all that text and therefore you are not able to legally claim people agreed to the full text, whatever is in it. Quote
SiD Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 How many reads that 25 pages of legal bs? I bet less than 10% Masa_1964 There's an episode of South Park that deals with this. It's called the Human Centipad. Great episode about this sort of thing regarding reading the TOS. 1 Quote
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