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Re:More Android phones than ever are covertly listening for ... by Markoff on Saturday May 06, 2017 @03:34PM (#14281851)
that's quite amusing suggestion considering Greenify is closed sourced Chinese root app which optionally (only?) report data back to mainland China and dev worked for some companies producing shady apps, before according his LinkedIn profile
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Re:More Android phones than ever are covertly listening for ... by voidz on Saturday May 06, 2017 @04:59PM (#14282229)
Could you back this up / substantiate your claim, please?
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Re:More Android phones than ever are covertly listening for ... by Markoff on Monday May 08, 2017 @07:42AM (#14290754)
there is option to send some statistics data back to developer, it's opt-in

I am not saying he is actualy sending some other data without permission of user, but being closed sourced Chinese ROOT app is more than enough to stay away from it in days of Nougat/Marshmallow making this app pretty much useless anyway.

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Re:More Android phones than ever are covertly listening for ... by voltagex_ on Saturday May 06, 2017 @10:32PM (#14283531)
Please decompile the APK - I'd read your writeup.
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