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Re:FTC Issues Warning Letters to App Developers Using ‘Silve... by djrogers on Sunday March 20, 2016 @12:23PM (#11323474)
That's not really going to fix these things - if you can open a mic in the background without any UI to indicate it's happening, it will be abused. If I write an app with a legitimate need for the mic and get permission to use it, I can abuse it.
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Re:FTC Issues Warning Letters to App Developers Using ‘Silve... by tshtf on Sunday March 20, 2016 @12:48PM (#11323560)
Initial research suggests that few or none of the apps using SilverPush had a legitimate use for mic permissions:

https://public.addonsdetector.com/silverpush-android-apps/

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Re:FTC Issues Warning Letters to App Developers Using ‘Silve... by mmohebbi on Sunday March 20, 2016 @01:09PM (#11323657)
I'm getting a redirect loop on that for some reason. Archive.org version does work for me:

https://web.archive.org/web/20160320170615/https://public.ad...

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