Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone becomes 3rd party

Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by andybak on Thursday May 04, 2017 @01:44PM (#14266964)

I'll be Mr. Reasonable Compromise. It's both a wonderful thing and a risk. Which of those two it becomes depends on the entire ecosystem around installable apps, trust and verification.

I've never had a problem with 3rd party dialers on Android. But I can smell a scam and I'm technically literate.

To the best of my knowledge there's never been a major dialler related security mishap. In fact much of the panic about Android's "malware ridden ecosystem" seems overblown. Nobody I know has ever had an issue to the best of my knowledge.

But it's definitely a possibility and it's highly probable that eventually something bad will happen on a large scale without some better controls - albeit hopefully not the type that Apple imposes. Cost vs benefit and all that.

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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by proto-n on Friday May 05, 2017 @08:38AM (#14272932)

More choice always means more responsibility. You could argue against democracy with the same idea - what happens if the voters choose someone not worthy? A lunatic or someone downright malicious?

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Re:Something is wrong when the ‘telephone app’ on your phone... by wmeredith on Thursday May 04, 2017 @04:40PM (#14268582)

> Nobody I know has ever had an issue to the best of my knowledge.

Well, pack it in, fellas. We're done here. :D

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