We, as customers, are being raped by the corporations.. No dinner, no movies, no candles, no Vaseline.
The sad thing is, many of the people here are part of the problem.
@gliptic
if the request is made to the server, it's logged. If the request is made over an open channel, it can be viewed by some other third party. And it was a customer that noticed that bug, not the developer.
Your metaphor is pretty harsh but I agree with your sentiment.
All these mobile apps need more granular security features, which Google almost released, and the EFF was dying for, but then Google quickly retracted it. Very unfortunate.
A keyboard does not need to know your location. Nor do half of the damn apps in my phone. It should be easy to make your phone lie to the app and tell it where ever you want. Same with my contacts.
"A keyboard does not need to know your location. Nor do half of the damn apps in my phone. It should be easy to make your phone lie to the app and tell it where ever you want. Same with my contacts."
