Android Phones May Be Harvesting Data

A developer discovered a hard-to-detect bit of software on Android phones that tracks your location, phone calls, and text messages, and report them back to its maker. What do you think?

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  “What a relief! Now I can stop writing down detailed accounts of my day to send to my phone company.”

  Lawrence Kinney –
  Systems Analyst

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  “Oh, great. When the network gains consciousness, it’s going to have atrocious grammar.”

  Sandy Nielsen –
  Hide Puller

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  “I see nothing that could go wrong and lead to a dystopian society here! Doo doo doo. Off to work!”

  Arthur Johnson –
  Sand Tester