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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 11, 2012
The latest in the never-ending story of Android security is out, and this time it's talking about what an app can access if it declares no permissions. (To put it another way, what all an applic...
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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 17, 2012
OK, folks. You've read Jerry's excellent explanation of Android app permssions, right? It's important. You need to know this stuff.
Back? Good. Now it's time for a little brutal hon...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 16, 2012
And how we, the users, still need to take responsibility
There's been a lot of news lately about a lapse in either security or judgment -- both, really -- at Apple that allows iOS applicatio...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 02, 2011
Angry Birds Seasons just got a new holiday update. But along with the new levels in "Wreck the Halls" came a few new permissions, including phone state and SMS permission, that furrowed a ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 04, 2011
Well, that was quick. Just a couple days after a so-called "massive security vulnerability" was discovered in a few HTC phones, the Taiwanese manufacturer says a fix is on the way. Telling...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 09, 2011
We've all heard about bad apps that steal your valuable data and ship it off to the far east, and those discussions always end with one thing -- someone says you need to read an app's permissions befo...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 10, 2011
We've gotten a few e-mails from you folks out there worried about why the new Adobe Reader update needs permission to read your gmail. Sounds scary, eh? Not really. Just as we expected, it's so the ap...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 29, 2010
Let's recap: Late Wednesday night (or early Thursday morning), we reported on a story published at Mobile Beat that came out of the Black Hat online security conference. At the conference, Kevi...
