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CM phones home by default. There's a word for software like that: Malware. The Play Store shouldn't have malware.
by derleth 13y ago
CM phones home by default. There's a word for software like that: Malware. The Play Store shouldn't have malware.
- fidotron 13y agoThat's a nice ideal, but practically every app using the internet access permission is phoning home. Mobile app analytics is huge, including by Google themselves.
- shooper 13y agoNot sure if your post is sarcasm, but IIRC you need to enable a checkbox before CM sends metrics data back. Also, by your metric of phoning home, 99.999% of apps in the Play Store should be banned since it's malware. In fact, Android itself meets that definition.
- css771 13y agoAre you kidding me? They tell me exactly what data they collect and for what purpose. To say that is malware is either extreme sarcasm or extreme stupidity.
- derleth 13y agoThen why isn't it opt-in?
- yareally 13y agoSeriously? You realize how many apps on the market use Google Analytics or some other form of Analytics? Nearly all of them, including Google's Apps. Nearly all of them give absolutely no way to opt out either short of host blocking. However, CM gives you an option to under device settings.
- derleth 13y agoSo that's the standard we want to hold them to? Just a little better than Google? Why isn't it opt-in?