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Motorola Is Listening

Posted by Soulskill on from the knows-when-you've-been-bad-or-good-but-doesn't-bring-you-presents dept.

New submitter pbritt writes "Ben Lincoln was hooking up to Microsoft ActiveSync at work when he 'made an interesting discovery about the Android phone (a Motorola Droid X2) which [he] was using at the time: it was silently sending a considerable amount of sensitive information to Motorola, and to compound the problem, a great deal of it was over an unencrypted HTTP channel.' He found that photos, passwords, and even data about his home screen config were being sent regularly to Motorola's servers. He has screenshots showing much of the data transmission."

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  1. Don't you know... by msauve · · Score: 5, Funny

    The NSA would like to thank Motorola for their cooperation.

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    "National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
  2. Well done, Motorola by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "A company that listens to its users"

  3. Improved Customer Experience by evil_aaronm · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's all for "improved customer experience." If they know to whom you're talking, or what pictures you're taking, or what documents you're reading or writing, or where you are at any given moment, they can better tailor their services to fit your needs. I'm surprised this isn't patently obvious. /snark

  4. thanks, Obama! by Thud457 · · Score: 5, Funny

    so I need a FOIA to restore my backup now?

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    the preceding comment is my own and in no way reflects the opinion of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

  5. Re:RTFA. by SiChemist · · Score: 5, Funny

    There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors.

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    God is imaginary