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This is stupid. If they don't want to be accused of being a keylogger and/or rootkit, they should (1) not allow keypress events to be sent to their software;
by earl 15y ago
This is stupid. If they don't want to be accused of being a keylogger and/or rootkit, they should
(1) not allow keypress events to be sent to their software;
(2) force carriers to not hide their executable and show users what information they are collecting on their phones;
(3) keep a record of information, again to be shown to users on demand from the program installed on their phones, that has been uploaded;
(4) manage to answer simple questions, like (i) could you forward keystrokes, sms, ssh passwords, ssl passwords, etc, (ii) can your software contact your servers and download new control instructions, (iii) has this ever happened, (iv) under what circumstances would it happen
(5) easily give users the ability to shut down the flow of information and remove the program, including in all future updates
Really, this isn't rocket science.
- jonmc12 15y ago(6) not advertise ability to "Capture button presses" - http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2011/12/ExperienceManager.datasheet-1.pdf http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/threatlevel/2011/12/Experi... (7) not include "user interaction" and "key presses" within the core claims of their technology patent http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20110106942 http://www.faqs.org/patents/app/20110106942 ..just might be construed as intent regardless of evidence.
- rmc 15y agoI agree with your sentiment and most of what you say. But a lot of the general public are not good at computers. Remember the "facebook login" incident? If you tell these people that there a magic programme that runs all the time then they will always turn that off. As a result carriers will haves basically no information.
- marshray 15y agoYou mean people will be able to make informed choices about their privacy?
- rmc 15y agoNo, lots of people do not know about how to make informed choices about lots of things about tech. You right know how to use computers, but there are loads of people who Google "www.Facebook.com" they do not know about computers
- rhizome 15y agoI'm kind of losing track of the argument here, are you talking about defaulting to open vs. default-closed when it comes to privacy?
- driverdan 15y agoSounds good to me. I want my carrier to know as little as possible about my phone usage unless I opt-in.