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Fb keeps many things within its own app - all links clicked inside the app never goes to browser.this is a very big security risk, imo. Controlling webview mea
by tehlike 9y ago
Fb keeps many things within its own app - all links clicked inside the app never goes to browser.this is a very big security risk, imo.
Controlling webview means they can even see your password and all.
- hetspookjee 9y agoSome apps in WhatsApp stay within WhatsApp as well. For example Marktplaats, the Dutch counterpart for Ebay/ Craigslist doesn't leave WhatsApp but gets opened within. Nice for them to be able to view what I'm looking for.
- Larrikin 9y agoI hate this trend. I think all the major messenger apps do this now, it was an awful surprise in LINE. The yelp app is basically unusable now for researching new restaurants since they go so far as to prevent people from popping out into a real browser, and now the Gmail app attempts to lock you in now too.
- huntermeyer 9y agoI hate it too. Mainly because my behavior - especially on Yelp - is to open multiple restaurants in tabs in my browser. Even on mobile. Then I can compare the ones I like. This is impossible within their tabless "embedded" browser. So I end up using my laptop.
- diogenescynic 9y agoYelp has one of the worst and most spiteful mobile websites, too. Most of the features are removed, you’re limited to a handful of pictures and I don’t think you can even read all the reviews. It’s enough to make me not want to use them at all.
- marmaduke 9y agoNot just mobile though: any links in emails in the web version of Googles inbox also open a Google URL first before redirecting to the URL.
- gotofritz 9y agoGMail does the same - it looks like an industry wide trend. Basically smartphones are there to destroy all the gains in privacy and security made on desktop browsers (such as they are)
- tehlike 9y agoGmail uses custom tabs and you can pop it to browser on android.