Your apps are watching you

Posted by mdon on Saturday December 18, 2010 @09:52AM
from the on.wsj.com dept.

http://on.wsj.com/dM0Tvc

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Re:Your apps are watching you by DupDetector on Saturday December 18, 2010 @10:24AM (#2019597)

Clearly of interest, this is the third submission of this item:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2019508

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2018902

No comments yet, although the original submission got several upvotes.

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Re:Your apps are watching you by ams6110 on Saturday December 18, 2010 @11:59AM (#2019743)

This shouldn't be surprising. These app makers are not producing free apps just for fun. When an app is ad supported, you can be sure it is participating in the selection of targeted ads.

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Re:Your apps are watching you by dmn001 on Saturday December 18, 2010 @10:52AM (#2019641)

This is why I jailbreak and install a firewall on my iphone,

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Re:Your apps are watching you by flawawa2 on Saturday December 18, 2010 @10:56AM (#2019650)

That is (one reason) why I rooted and installed a firewall on my Android phone.

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