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Come on guys, where are the academics? Instead of overreacting please just reverse engineer, get the facts and check WHY the Uber app actually requests these pe
by derFunk 10y ago
Come on guys, where are the academics? Instead of overreacting please just reverse engineer, get the facts and check WHY the Uber app actually requests these permissions. I mean, it's still Java, so you got the source. I don't think they're using native code or do more obfuscation than the average app (disclaimer, haven't checked (yet)).
Who's first?
- Daishiman 10y agoThe burden of proof on the necessity of those permissions lies in the creators, not the consumers.
- derFunk 10y agoI agree. Yet this is Hackernews, and if the creators don't do it we can.
- qihqi 10y agoif all they do is send the data home, you won't know what they use it for。。
- derFunk 10y agoIf you'd find out the Uber app is sending home your browser history, this is big news already! I'm in CEST, if I wouldn't be sleeping right now I'd start up Burp, Charles or Fiddler to check.