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Researchers find phone apps sending data without notification


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Gary Burge

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Thu, Sep 30, 2010, 5:13 am CDT
What we really need is a firewall that prevents any communications from leaving our phones without our permission. If my personal information has already been sent to China, what's the point of notifying me?

John F
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Tue, Oct 05, 2010, 2:26 pm CDT

This is a big reason I won't be using an Android phone.  I'm wondering how big a problem this is on other platforms.

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