Possible huge privacy violation in Dolphin HD announced

[Dansport]

I just found a thread about Dolphin HD on the Android Police forum that disturbs me.

It says that Dolphin HD "sends pretty much every web page url you visit, including those that start with https, to a remote server en.mywebzines.com, which belongs to the company." The post is by Artem Russakovskii, the founder of Android Police. Here's the post:

[Privacy Advisory] Dolphin HD Sends URL Of Every Page You Visit To A Remote Server (In Plain-Text)

I don't want my surfing activity analyzed by ANYONE FOR ANY REASON! He posts a work-around but it only works if the phone is rooted. WTH?!?! Just how much info is given is also posted and is quite alarming to me. I'm new to this type of thing so someone either tell me I'm misled or let's raise some hell.

 

[Rav3nCroft]

There is a post on xda that includes a patched file... Which BTW I'm running after I read the post.

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[Dansport]

What kind of patch is it? For Dolphin on a stock phone?

 

[Rav3nCroft]

It's a "cleaned" and signed apk... and yes it can be used on an unrooted phone. Directions for install can be found HERE.

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[ElefantPhace]

Is this the same for the mini version? I'm sure it would be...

Scratch that just read the article

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[watson387]

Dolphin isn't THAT good of a browser that you should be running a patched version. After this latest privacy invasion Dolphin should be boycotted. It shouldn't be used at all. There are plenty other good browsers out there.

EDIT: Check out this reply from the Dolphin team in the XDA thread:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18838115

It sounds genuine. Make your own opinion.

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[coolbreeze]

I like Dolphin. However, there vague privacy policy has always concerned me. The terms you agree to say that they collect "user analytics" but never define what that is.

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[Dansport]

Fnorder at

[PRIVACY] WARNING: Dolphin's collection of your browsing history - Page 13 - xda-developers

says the issue is fixed in version 7.0.2 (106). He's good, but I'm waiting for verification from Android Police.

 

[Dansport]

Android Police reports that the issue is fixed:

[Updated x4: Issue Fixed] Privacy Advisory: Dolphin HD Sends URL Of Every Page You Visit To A Remote Server (In Plain-Text)

 

[coolbreeze]

I hope it is fixed. Going from Dolphin back to stock feels like a downgrade.

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