Here is an interesting initiative from the National Security Agency (NSA) and believe me I will not compliment them on a regular base. Still, the Agency decided to take Android and make it even more secure, the project name is SEAndroid and can be accesses here.
The idea behind this project is to enhance the original Android proposed by Google and reinforced its security in order to avoid data loss or intrusions on the device.
Security Enhanced (SE) Android is a project to identify and addre...
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What a good news to start 2012, Chile decided that all new phone have to be sold unlocked! You read correctly, all phones, smart, dumb, HTC, Apple, Samsung and all others have to be factory unlocked before being sold to customers.
All this starting on January 16 2012. All phones sold before this cutting date will be freely unlock-able through the website of the mobile operator on which it is in use. Just access your provider page, enter you phone number and IMEI 15 digits and you should recei...
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It is out everywhere on the net, CarrierIQ is clearly spying on you, nobody is left out except Windows Phone users. Blackberries, iPhones (at least those can opt-out) and Android are touched!!
The worst, according to HTC it seems the request comes from providers... I invite you to read the comments from different sources on Engadget.
Still, I am using Android, and kernel source are available but I believe I should have the choice to remove any spyware install on my system and all tools sho...
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Today, XDA brings to our attention a REAL issue, not only our devices are bugged but some companies are willing to sue you if you let the public know that you are being watched!!!
Carrier-IQ, a shameful media company, is suing TrevE (the developer who made us aware about the data leak on HTC devices and much more. I strongly encourage you to look at the video from XDA and read there article! The behavior is shameful to be publicly pointed and hopefully never happen again.
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Everywhere around the Internet, you'll be able to find the best apps ad widgets available for your android devices but honestly I dislike most of them.
Let's be clear, a lot of apps presented are good and can make you life easy and make you device fancy but my objective is not really the same. I want my device to stay as light as possible (cpu, battery life, user experience...) and my privacy to be respected.
On the privacy point, the more you add apps the more you take risks to have some of y...
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Once again bad news for your privacy! TrevE (once again) is the developer letting us know about the vulnerability, and this one concerns only WiMax devices. Good for most of us but still, let me explain briefly without going into the technical details that you'll be able to find on XDA following the link below.
When you open a WiMax connection using your HTC device, it seems that two ports stay open and any attacker who gains controls can potentially not only access your data but also "manipu...
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Being an IT specialist has its part of down side (everybody asking you about the last phone or computer or asking you to fix their stuff for free of course...) but also a good side: it makes you aware of what technology is able to do (good and bad) and help you to "protect" yourself.
When people ask me about Google Chrome, my answer is always the same: "No, Thank you!". Indeed why would I install a spyware on my computer just because it is supposed to be half a millisecond faster?
When I say s...
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I have been talking for some time now about my concerns about privacy.
Apple, Microsoft, Facebook and of course Google are the most powerful companies to spy on your behavior. Every time you do a search, visit a site or use your phone, they track your behavior. What do they do with the "NOT so anonymous" information: best case scenario, just analyse it to make their products better but you know what, not a chance... worst case: give access to governments, invade your privacy or distribute it ...
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After reading this article from Gizmodo: The iPhone 4S Is Microsoft’s Chance to Catch Up to Apple, some obvious hit me: all humans beings are not equal!
Let me explain, the article states that Android is "is still a mixed bag of hurt and ugly—a lemonparty" and comments want to make you believe that if users love so much there iPhones it is because it just works and Android is still far for that. All this to give a chance to Microsoft to come back with WP7.
Guess what I may agree on som...
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Steve Jobs is dead at 56 today and I can only send all my thoughts and my deepest regards to his family but... Like it or not this man was more that just a man, he is one that provoked an effect never seen before each time he was presenting a new product: "even though it is crap, I want it"...
As a geek, I have to admire the man's capacity of persuasion, succeeding to sell overpriced computers and phones just with the design is a real achievement.
I can't deny the iPhone revolutionized...
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