Matan | # 11 | 2010-10-01, 16:05 | Report

Android needs an application for that? Maemo has it built in the system.

ysss | # 12 | 2010-10-01, 16:17 | Report

And you guys are 100% sure this isn't happening in our ecosystem?

Android is popular enough to be a target of such study (who knows the actual intention, but it spouted beneficial result anyhow).. can't say the same to 'us'.

festivalnut | # 13 | 2010-10-01, 16:19 | Report

i love communicating through the medium of XKCD

wmarone | # 14 | 2010-10-01, 16:41 | Report

Nope. Guess that means it's time to slather on the DRM. No root console for you, someone might use it against you!

That said, I doubt it. And merely tossing out FUD isn't good enough, if you want to make the implication it's up to you to show it

windows7 | # 15 | 2010-10-01, 17:31 | Report

I have to say for a few weeks i seen this topic coming sooner or later...

Recently i purchased a cheap android device for my wife, and as she is on pay as you go contract i also delete the access point to prevent the phone from going online via the phone access point, but she can still get to the web via our wifi, the problem i notice straight away with the android phone is that most applications try to retrieve your wifi information for position and location and the gps information build into the phone alone doesn't seem to be enough...

the problem with google and other companies gathering this kind of information is that google then recognises your router details and with the rest of information collected they basically get your physical location and make this info available for anyone to cross reference for example to view your location via street view, as it has been demostrate recently by some hackers, in think in particular firefox allows web sites to anonymous gather your router information... which not only google most likely already gathered when they were going around the streets to capture the street view images but also from the actually applications anonymously gathering collecting this kind of information... basically as it has been demonstrate a dodgy script running on a site can gather this info.

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j.s | # 16 | 2010-10-01, 21:02 | Report

You must be unfamiliar with cherry, from Nokia itself with PR1.2
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=53565

danramos | # 17 | 2010-10-01, 21:05 | Report

You're welcome:
http://www.androidcentral.com/taintd...-android-phone

j.s | # 18 | 2010-10-01, 21:06 | Report

Yes. Well then, since making boatloads of money has kept microsoft from being evil, the xkcd premise is correct and we have nothing to worry about.

danramos | # 19 | 2010-10-01, 21:12 | Report

Nokia: Don't be lame

DOH!

*cough* Nokia secret SMS closed-source trojans (AFAYK) don't exist! NAaaaaaaaww!

wmarone | # 20 | 2010-10-01, 21:15 | Report

Yes yes, that's been pointed out twice now.

But I suppose that reinforces my point that being locked down doesn't help you in the slightest.