Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio, Video, and More

Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by aidos on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @03:48AM (#14794940)

I mostly have apple devices but have a Nexus 7 at home. I'm not sure which version it's running.

Every time I install something I have a sinking feeling as it asks me to allow it to do things that sound wildly beyond anything I would ever want an app to do. Things like an app for my kids that asks for something along the lines of "access to the files". Hopefully things have improved with the newer OS but man I feel uncomfortable installing apps on Android in a way I've never felt with Apple.

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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by la_oveja on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @06:48AM (#14795555)

I see this very interesting:

Android prompts info about whats happening, iOS just ignores them and keeps going.

With this simple difference, people tend to think iOS works better! I cannot trust an OS that doesn't ask me stuff, or takes things for granted.

Best example is the "Force close" dialog on Android vs just crashing the app on iOS.

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Re:Android Backdoor GhostCtrl Can Silently Record Your Audio... by monkaS___ on Tuesday July 18, 2017 @07:00AM (#14795602)

The requirement to prompt for individual permissions in iOS significantly predates android's implementation of the same. Besides, am I mistaken or is the 'Force close' dialog ('xyz keeps crashing') only offered _after_ android first quietly attempts to restart the activity as if nothing went wrong?

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