Not sure that I should comment about the broken design inherent in having to install an "app" to get "wallpaper".
but... " The wallpaper app asks for permission to access your phone calls, " and people agreed to that. WOW. Apple may have a field day marketing this - but in the end of the day, in the fight between the cathedral and the bazaar. Bazaar wins. It just implies the consumer has enough brains not to allow a "Wallpaper App" to access phone call data. Cathedral wins when you don't want the user to think or be responsible for their actions. (caveat: I use an iPhone and don't have an Android. yet) On 7/29/2010, "Brian Friday" <brian.fri...@gmail.com> wrote: >On the topic below I just saw this: > >Android wallpaper app that steals your data was downloaded by millions >http://mobile.venturebeat.com/2010/07/28/android-wallpaper-app-that-steals-your-data-was-downloaded-by-millions/ > > > >On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 7:40 AM, Brian Friday <brian.fri...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> ><SNIP> >> The Android store has very minimal protections of this type thus the >> "uncurated" title given to their store. If I was going to give any >> recommendation for anyone running an Android phone it would be be very >> careful of the app you download because it can be allowed access to any data >> on your phone. The same warning you would give anyone using a computer in >> the wild. What has been less clear is if the app is required to actually >> tell you what data it is accessing or if it can bury that "agreement/notice" >> in a terms of service that you won't read allowing you to agree to things >> you would not normally. >> >> -Brian >_______________________________________________ >LinuxUsers mailing list >LinuxUsers@socallinux.org >http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list LinuxUsers@socallinux.org http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
