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Submission + - Some Android VPNs use "Dangerous" Permissions (READ_PHONE_STATE) etc... (zdnet.com) 2

Submitted by WaitingForSupport on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @09:51AM

WaitingForSupport writes: An article by ZDNet claims that many Android VPNs use potentially dangerous permissions that could compromise the user's privacy. These include — READ_PHONE_STATE, WRITE_SETTINGS and READ_LOGS. VPN service (free or paid) should be private and NOT get access to those permissions.

Comment How to know what they have (Score 2) 107

by WaitingForSupport on Wednesday January 16, 2019 @02:08PM (#57973060) Attached to: Most Facebook Users Don't Know That it Records a List of Their Interests, New Study Finds

You can actually download a file of all of the things that facebook has on you(messages, voice messages, videos, pictures, personal details..etc). It was quite a shocking discovery for me after I downloaded it. You can find it by going to settings - your facebook information - download your information. And then you can check what types of info you want. It takes some time for them to compile it all, but that's pretty creepy.

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