Hello,
Anyone read up on the 'permissions' given to applications (apps) on a typical Android cell phone?
The lack of privacy is astonishing to say the least. The apps can access almost everything on the phone and even make phone calls from your phone. What the heck is that all about?
An app can even access your contacts and call them.
It's nuts.
I found out when i went to use YouTube on my phone for the first time. It would not let me use YouTube it would try to force me to 'accept' the new terms which meant YouTube could have access to contacts and everything else it wanted to in the name of 'advanced features'. It's mostly Google doing this as they are the ones that wanted to upgrade YouTube and would not allow the old version to run (that came with the phone).
Any ideas what can be done about this nuts? I cant use YouTube without allowing all kinds of nutty permissions like those.
Anyone read up on the 'permissions' given to applications (apps) on a typical Android cell phone?
The lack of privacy is astonishing to say the least. The apps can access almost everything on the phone and even make phone calls from your phone. What the heck is that all about?
An app can even access your contacts and call them.
It's nuts.
I found out when i went to use YouTube on my phone for the first time. It would not let me use YouTube it would try to force me to 'accept' the new terms which meant YouTube could have access to contacts and everything else it wanted to in the name of 'advanced features'. It's mostly Google doing this as they are the ones that wanted to upgrade YouTube and would not allow the old version to run (that came with the phone).
Any ideas what can be done about this nuts? I cant use YouTube without allowing all kinds of nutty permissions like those.