Hey guys and gals,
With the recent revelation that the NSA and GCHQ collect private information through games like Angry Birds, I've stopped using the accused apps and started wondering what other apps might be selling private information to spies. Luckily I just got my first Android phone so I never ever have to install Angry Birds at all. Google+ and a few other apps have also committed this crime of selling our private info.
In any case, if you haven't noticed I'm security paranoid, though these days it's really just become security aware rather than paranoid. Anyways, I'd like to know if any of you know of any other apps on the Play Store that do evil things and that we could boycott. As much as I liked Angry Birds back in the day on my iPhone, I am actually not getting it again due to their negligence in user privacy. I have done the same with Google+ as well.
I'm curious to know if anyone has ever made a blacklist with bad or misbehaving apps. I would love to know which apps to avoid. Let me know if any of you have any insights. And of course, feel free to discuss and debate the opinion I posted
With the recent revelation that the NSA and GCHQ collect private information through games like Angry Birds, I've stopped using the accused apps and started wondering what other apps might be selling private information to spies. Luckily I just got my first Android phone so I never ever have to install Angry Birds at all. Google+ and a few other apps have also committed this crime of selling our private info.
In any case, if you haven't noticed I'm security paranoid, though these days it's really just become security aware rather than paranoid. Anyways, I'd like to know if any of you know of any other apps on the Play Store that do evil things and that we could boycott. As much as I liked Angry Birds back in the day on my iPhone, I am actually not getting it again due to their negligence in user privacy. I have done the same with Google+ as well.
I'm curious to know if anyone has ever made a blacklist with bad or misbehaving apps. I would love to know which apps to avoid. Let me know if any of you have any insights. And of course, feel free to discuss and debate the opinion I posted