Comments on: Mobile Apps Invading Your Privacy http://www.veracode.com/blog/2011/04/mobile-apps-invading-your-privacy/ Application security testing, analysis, and metrics Tue, 15 May 2012 22:16:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Honestly http://www.veracode.com/blog/2011/04/mobile-apps-invading-your-privacy/comment-page-2/#comment-14398 Honestly Sun, 01 Jan 2012 21:06:14 +0000 http://www.veracode.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-14398 Everyone knows that the mega internet software company Google, developer of Android among many others, is the largest data mining company in the world collecting private personal data from all its users. Apparently, Google has and is being financed and supported by the NSA and CIA of the USA government. The government is doing this so that the spying and privacy violations will not be subservient to the Freedom of Information Act. I guess 1984 Big Brother is really more prevalent than we all think with all of the new technologies gathering all of the personal habits, behaviors and interests of our daily lives; just to name a few. Everyone knows that the mega internet software company Google, developer of Android among many others, is the largest data mining company in the world collecting private personal data from all its users. Apparently, Google has and is being financed and supported by the NSA and CIA of the USA government. The government is doing this so that the spying and privacy violations will not be subservient to the Freedom of Information Act.

I guess 1984 Big Brother is really more prevalent than we all think with all of the new technologies gathering all of the personal habits, behaviors and interests of our daily lives; just to name a few.

]]> By: Veracode Blog » 2011 Event Roundup http://www.veracode.com/blog/2011/04/mobile-apps-invading-your-privacy/comment-page-2/#comment-13809 Veracode Blog » 2011 Event Roundup Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:53:25 +0000 http://www.veracode.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-13809 [...] Tyler Shields cautioned developers on “Avoiding the Pandora Pitfall”. With a different threat landscape and new, mobile-specific, privacy concerns, secure [...] [...] Tyler Shields cautioned developers on “Avoiding the Pandora Pitfall”. With a different threat landscape and new, mobile-specific, privacy concerns, secure [...]

]]> By: Veracode Blog » Welcome to the NEW Veracode blog! http://www.veracode.com/blog/2011/04/mobile-apps-invading-your-privacy/comment-page-2/#comment-11565 Veracode Blog » Welcome to the NEW Veracode blog! Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:35:22 +0000 http://www.veracode.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-11565 [...] posts like Chris Lytle’s analysis of the Sony PSN breaches and Tyler Shield’s deep dive into Pandora’s mobile application. And we’ll never shy away from controversy as Chris Wysopal demonstrated in his response to the [...] [...] posts like Chris Lytle’s analysis of the Sony PSN breaches and Tyler Shield’s deep dive into Pandora’s mobile application. And we’ll never shy away from controversy as Chris Wysopal demonstrated in his response to the [...]

]]> By: Static Analysis of Android Applications | Life in Linux Kernel http://www.veracode.com/blog/2011/04/mobile-apps-invading-your-privacy/comment-page-2/#comment-9605 Static Analysis of Android Applications | Life in Linux Kernel Thu, 01 Sep 2011 07:20:48 +0000 http://www.veracode.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-9605 [...] Mobile Apps Invading Your Privacy [...] [...] Mobile Apps Invading Your Privacy [...]

]]> By: App Review: AdFree Android blocks ads and protects privacy « ACSyndicate http://www.veracode.com/blog/2011/04/mobile-apps-invading-your-privacy/comment-page-2/#comment-9177 App Review: AdFree Android blocks ads and protects privacy « ACSyndicate Mon, 01 Aug 2011 08:34:28 +0000 http://www.veracode.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-9177 [...] These concerns are totally legitimate. If you don’t want your Web browsing, location and who knows what else to be ​tracked in a corporate database and sold to anyone willing to pay for it, then [...] [...] These concerns are totally legitimate. If you don’t want your Web browsing, location and who knows what else to be ​tracked in a corporate database and sold to anyone willing to pay for it, then [...]

]]> By: TheDailyBerry http://www.veracode.com/blog/2011/04/mobile-apps-invading-your-privacy/comment-page-2/#comment-9156 TheDailyBerry Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:04:01 +0000 http://www.veracode.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-9156 If this is right, these developers could be making a ton of money off of this. As illegal as it is, this is very valuable information as third parties can use it to target specific geographical locations. Very interesting... If this is right, these developers could be making a ton of money off of this. As illegal as it is, this is very valuable information as third parties can use it to target specific geographical locations. Very interesting…

]]> By: Pandora Provides Detailed Data, Including GPS Coordinates, to Advertisers | InforStreams http://www.veracode.com/blog/2011/04/mobile-apps-invading-your-privacy/comment-page-2/#comment-7263 Pandora Provides Detailed Data, Including GPS Coordinates, to Advertisers | InforStreams Wed, 01 Jun 2011 23:47:44 +0000 http://www.veracode.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-7263 [...] took a look at the Android version of Pandora’s streaming music app, and found that it was feeding data to five different advertising platforms: AdMarvel, AdMob, comScore, Google.Ads, and Medialets. It appears the Pandora is feeding GPS [...] [...] took a look at the Android version of Pandora’s streaming music app, and found that it was feeding data to five different advertising platforms: AdMarvel, AdMob, comScore, Google.Ads, and Medialets. It appears the Pandora is feeding GPS [...]

]]> By: Pandora Android App Slurping Tremendous Amount of Personal Data | 127.0.0.1 http://www.veracode.com/blog/2011/04/mobile-apps-invading-your-privacy/comment-page-2/#comment-6942 Pandora Android App Slurping Tremendous Amount of Personal Data | 127.0.0.1 Sat, 21 May 2011 21:08:58 +0000 http://www.veracode.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-6942 [...] Shields, a senior researcher for application security testing firm Veracode, on the company’s ZeroDay Labs blog. He based his conclusions on a detailed analysis of Pandora's radio-streaming application for [...] [...] Shields, a senior researcher for application security testing firm Veracode, on the company’s ZeroDay Labs blog. He based his conclusions on a detailed analysis of Pandora's radio-streaming application for [...]

]]> By: Pandora Android App Slurping Tremendous Amounts of Personal Data | 127.0.0.1 http://www.veracode.com/blog/2011/04/mobile-apps-invading-your-privacy/comment-page-2/#comment-6941 Pandora Android App Slurping Tremendous Amounts of Personal Data | 127.0.0.1 Sat, 21 May 2011 21:08:19 +0000 http://www.veracode.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-6941 [...] Tyler Shields, a senior researcher for application security testing firm Veracode, on the company's ZeroDay Labs blog. He based his conclusions on a detailed analysis of Pandora's radio-streaming application for [...] [...] Tyler Shields, a senior researcher for application security testing firm Veracode, on the company's ZeroDay Labs blog. He based his conclusions on a detailed analysis of Pandora's radio-streaming application for [...]

]]> By: Blackberry Application Developers http://www.veracode.com/blog/2011/04/mobile-apps-invading-your-privacy/comment-page-2/#comment-6938 Blackberry Application Developers Fri, 20 May 2011 10:58:14 +0000 http://www.veracode.com/blog/?p=1591#comment-6938 Nice write up.... Nice write up….

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