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RE: Report: Android Apps expose private data
timothyt@... 23rd Jun 2010
@guihombre Right. He's kind of missing the point. If an application accesses my contacts to, for example, display pictures of all my contacts in a graphical way, that's not a security breach, and the application can't do it unless I explicitly ALLOW it when it asks during installation. It puts the power (and the responsibility) into the hands of the user. Now whether that's a good idea or not is up for debate. Most people just click "Allow" on everything without bothering to read it - a by-product of too many EULAs and Terms & Conditions I think - so there could be significant identity theft issues here.
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