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Re:More Android phones than ever are covertly listening for ... by anon1385 on Saturday May 06, 2017 @02:40PM (#14281630)
Are you suggesting it's ok for non-western users to be tracked this way? Why would we ignore most of the world when discussing an issue like this?
Re:More Android phones than ever are covertly listening for ... by reciprocity on Saturday May 06, 2017 @03:02PM (#14281720)
I think you may have misread that comment. Op didn't imply anything of the sort.
Re:More Android phones than ever are covertly listening for ... by izacus on Saturday May 06, 2017 @02:46PM (#14281650)
I never said or claimed anything like that. Where did you get that idea?
Re:More Android phones than ever are covertly listening for ... by cwyers on Saturday May 06, 2017 @04:41PM (#14282141)
Then what were you claiming? Because I posted the worldwide stats and you called them misleading. Misleading who about what?
Re:More Android phones than ever are covertly listening for ... by izacus on Saturday May 06, 2017 @05:01PM (#14282240)
About the actual usage and activity of the devices in the wild. The network that does that is targeting western markets where the availability of devices that are vulnerable is dropping steeply - not fast enough, but still.

I've yet to also see a single worldwide USAGE statistic that would reflect that dashboard. Whatever Google is counting is not the users that actually download and use apps (and are thus vulnerable) - pretty much all stats I've ever seen (even on apps with millions of worldwide downloads) have significantly higher update rates. Hence - misleading.

Re:More Android phones than ever are covertly listening for ... by anigbrowl on Saturday May 06, 2017 @04:35PM (#14282115)
anon1385 is a step ahead of you; s/he inferred it from your argument and is asking you to consider the implications thereof.
Re:More Android phones than ever are covertly listening for ... by anon1385 on Saturday May 06, 2017 @03:38PM (#14281864)
Your comments here are arguing that this isn't a problem. You called the stats dashboard "hugely misleading" with the implication that the problem is not as bad as it would suggest, but actually it shows that the problem is worse than the average western based HN developer realises (based on their day to day experience).