The Google Nexus 5 Official Thread V5, Dolphin Browser are not trusted- XDA
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 Feb 10 2014, 01:09 AM
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Never trusted Dolphin since this happened:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1319529 And this was recent: Dec 2013 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.p...2&postcount=441 This post has been edited by pikachu01: Feb 10 2014, 01:11 AM |
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Feb 10 2014, 09:13 AM
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QUOTE(Xirality @ Feb 10 2014, 02:48 AM) Wth. Never know this issue Yeah, not many people knew about this. Hence people need to know this and make an informed choice of their browsers.  |
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Feb 10 2014, 11:19 AM
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QUOTE(ndragon @ Feb 10 2014, 11:19 AM) i think this dolphin must put in 1st page to warn others... Should put this in every Android thread there is in Lowyat. Not many people know about this and this is worrying. |
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Feb 10 2014, 11:50 AM
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QUOTE(S-Two @ Feb 10 2014, 11:45 AM) Hmm, you're right in some point. Unfortunately, other browsers don't need READ_LOGS, get device ID, boot completed permissions to make those. READ_LOGS does not exist in most apps Play Store offers. Get Device ID? Actually some other apps do that to troubleshoot or report errors. What they don't do is to encrypt data to send to their central server after they got found out. I.e. Dolphin browser.If it were used in identifying your phone model, then it is OK (but I don't see other browsers needing this to identify yours.). Boot completed? What's that actually? No offense and puns are intended. Just for info. |
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Feb 10 2014, 01:14 PM
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QUOTE(mudkipryan94 @ Feb 10 2014, 12:25 PM) Thanks man.. Thanks. Spread the word as much as possible to discourage unscrupulous acts of developers.I'll Pinnalize at 1st post!  |
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Feb 10 2014, 01:36 PM
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Some info about UC Browser. Take it with a grain of salt:
http://darkwap.mobi/technology-stuff/Inves...-Mobile-Browser Note that UC Browser also has similar permissions (encrypt/HttpPost) of Dolphin Browser. And some more info: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.p...5&postcount=466 You can easily check using Wireshark to capture packets sent from the app when browsing to log the IPs visited. This post has been edited by pikachu01: Feb 10 2014, 01:38 PM |
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Feb 10 2014, 02:45 PM
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So far, it's Firefox, Chrome and Opera.
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Feb 10 2014, 03:23 PM
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Yeah, most China-based developers are one of the most unscrupulous. Here's looking at Go (Go Launcher etc), Wechat and of course Dolphin et al.
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Feb 10 2014, 03:29 PM
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QUOTE(xxdesire @ Feb 10 2014, 03:27 PM) Mostly they send our browsing is for those ads right? I use crossbreeder w/ its adblocker. You'll never know what China is building with usage history/internet passwords/bank accounts usernames and passwords etc. Scarrryy... |
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Feb 10 2014, 04:02 PM
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QUOTE(Someonesim @ Feb 10 2014, 03:58 PM) I really missed the good old stock browser, it has offline reading function which is extremely useful when I had long reviews or page to read. Opera had the capability to save offline pages for quite a while already.This post has been edited by pikachu01: Feb 10 2014, 04:02 PM |
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