The threat seems a bit over-stated here, me thinks to drum up page views (looking at you Android Police). First, these logging tools are not collecting your passwords, texts, or e-mails. Nor are they logging everything you do on the phone. What data they are collecting is stored insecurely allowing the “possibility” of a rogue app being able to read that data and transfer it off the phone. It also seems rather silly to recommend rooting your phone in order to delete these logging utilities as that in and of itself exposes your entire phone to a rogue app which can then do anything it wants to your phone, not just read data off of it. In either case, the key is to be very careful what apps you install to begin with. Lastly, Android Police’s claim of responsible disclosure rings hollow despite referencing some crappy RFPolicy. They attempt to notify HTC on the weekend (according to them Sept. 24) and then one week later (Oct. 1), unload the info to the public? Responsible disclosure my you know what! They were more interested in page hits. :::shaking head::::::
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