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Dolphin, a 3rd Party Android Browser, Relayed URL Data

Posted by Soulskill on from the question-of-intent dept.

An anonymous reader sends this excerpt from AndroidPolice.com: "As it turns out, Dolphin HD, one of the top browsers the Android platform has to offer, sends pretty much every web page URL you visit, including those that start with https, to a remote server en.mywebzines.com, which belongs to the company. In fact, the WebZines feature was introduced only recently back in June with version 6.0, so it's safe to say this tracking started around the same time.'" The Dolphin team quickly responded with a blog post saying they did not store any of the data, and no browsing information was captured about users. They also rolled out a new version of the browser, 7.0.2, which fixed the issue.

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  1. Until there's a firewall... by Skynyrd · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I don't trust Apple, but I trust the "wild west" approach of Android even less.

    I want a totally open phone, but there's been too many cases of this activity. Yeah, I know it happens on iPhones as well, but it doesn't seem to happen as often, and Apple retaliates quickly.

    I'm sticking with the iPhone for now.