2015-02-08-1281587

there’s such a cute technology for android, called privacy guard. it’s developed by cyanogenmod team, and is able to limit application behavior at runtime. privacy guard

there are similar technologies for gnu/linux, for example this is how to run skype with apparmor.

what’s interesting, is how different apps behave. viber periodically asks to access the camera. skype doesn’t, it’s proprietary, but it tries to behave decently.

viber asks for camera access

what is also interesting, is that we have a proof that viber reads call log, while at the viber site it is stated that viber requests that permission but does not use.

read call log

inactive permission

#viber #proprietary-software #software #android #privacy-guard #cyanogenmod #skype #apparmor #surveillance #freedom

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