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Download With Caution: Romney, Obama Campaign Apps Have Privacy Flaws
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.'"
Assume this to be a feature - not a bug.
You are the crop they are harvesting.
"Flyin' in just a sweet place,
Never been known to fail..."
Is this much of a surprise? This sort of "app" is specifically designed for the designated politico to "leverage" the mindless sycophants that install such apps. As to leading people to "bad" parts of town, that's subjective and poor people can vote, too.
If you want news from today, you have to come back tomorrow.
I think the most surprising part of the summary for me is that someone found it surprising.
submitter is a republican if the subject of the joke is financial policy, because democrats want the government in your wallet
submitter is a democrat if the subject of the joke is social policy, because republicans want the government in your bedroom
And you are a fool if you think there is any difference between them. Both sides want power, and job security. Neither side cares about health care or social security, since they have a better plan for themselves. Vote Kodos...
Who downloads a campaign app? What do you gain from that, that you cannot find on the news, twitter, or Youtube?
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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What has Obama done about the racist drug war?
http://www.newjimcrow.com/
Where is the Democratic outcry over Obama's due process free assassination program? Even when it targets Americans?
Where is the Democratic outcry over Obama's signature on the due process free detention law?
What has Obama done about toruturers and murderers?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/aug/31/obama-justice-department-immunity-bush-cia-torturer
And why was it such a personal struggle for Obama to finally come to the Dick Cheney level of morality with respect to gay rights?
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/05/gay-gop-group-obama-took-the-cheney-position-122968.html
You claim the GOP is evil and Democrats are not. You are fucking liar.
What changed under Obama? Nothing Good
Lest anyone think he is kidding, let's have a look at the permissions for each app.
That's money out of your pocket my friends. Typical Democrat.
So it should be obvious that the Register has good reason to be up in arms.
The differences are inconsequential. The Democrats want tax and spend. The Republicans want tax and spend, they just want to borrow first, and tax their kids when they are dead. One fights for freedom of religion (as long as it's *their* religion) and the other fights for freedom from religion.
For an average wage earner, there is no functional difference between the two. Only the edge cases see a difference (self-employed, people whose primary income is not earned, and some others).
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