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Download With Caution: Romney, Obama Campaign Apps Have Privacy Flaws

Posted by timothy on from the why-would-you-not-want-supreme-leader-watching? dept.

puddingebola writes "Apps released by both the Obama and Romney campaigns have been found to have 'privacy issues.' From the article: 'Experts at GFI Software looked at the Android versions of both apps, discovering both to be surprisingly invasive. Obama for America and Mitt's VP request permissions, access to services and data and capabilities beyond their core mandate.'"

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  1. Re:Why am I not surprised? by swillden · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Google has been hesitant to enforce a strict set of standards akin to Apple, and the results are beginning to show.

    Do Apple's policies limit "the amount of pings [apps] make to various web servers"?

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