Google’s ‘Inbox’: Should Privacy Advocates Be Concerned?

Posted by brideoflinux on Dec 7, 2015 6:46 AM EDT
FOSS Force; By Christine Hall
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Except for those using a free version of Android such as Replicant, and who install apps from free and open software sources such as F-Droid or Fossdroid, the protection of privacy on mobile devices, by design, is hopeless. Users have come to accept that most apps from Google’s store demand a whole slew of privileges whether they need them or not, and even when not being used, many apps happily go about the business of collecting and reporting everything they’re permitted to find out about us.

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