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    iPhone App Developer Jacks Your Phone Number to Pitch You More Apps

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    09/29/09

    In reply to iPhone App Developer Jacks Your Phone Number to Pitch You More Apps
    Nice! Makes sense that if it's on there it can be accessed...

    I may be behind the feature curve, but I'm often glad I still use an iPod Touch and KRZR... but I do that mostly for battery reasons.
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    09/29/09

    In reply to iPhone App Developer Jacks Your Phone Number to Pitch You More Apps
    I looove the smell of SPYWARE in the morning.
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    09/29/09

    In reply to iPhone App Developer Jacks Your Phone Number to Pitch You More Apps
    Articles like this are what gives Apple fodder to justify the ridiculous restrictions to what we can do in an application.

    Of course it's easy to get the user's phone number. It should be, or we wouldn't be able to make applications that integrate with your contact list. It's bad enough that we can't receive call/sms notifications, access your calendar, and many other crippling restrictions.
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    09/29/09

    @Pazu: Crippling restrictions that protect my privacy are fine with me.
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    09/29/09

    In reply to iPhone App Developer Jacks Your Phone Number to Pitch You More Apps
    I've often wondered why Apple makes developers ask for a user's location but lets developers run wild with contact information stored on a device.

    Without a doubt, I expect iPhone apps to ask to use contact information when the iPhone OS 4.0 Firmware Update rolls around.
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    Pazu promoted this comment dagamer34 was starred dagamer34 was unstarred
    Image of Pazu Pazu
    09/29/09

    @dagamer34: I really, really hope it won't, or it will be even hard to write useful applications.

    Maybe Apple should require (and enforce) some kind of "capability manifest" in applications. For example, applications that access your contact information must state so in their manifest. The same for location and hopefully other currently inacessible features like calendar, call logs and even call/sms interception.

    This manifest could then be used to show relevant warnings in the application page in iTunes, so users know what kind of access they're giving to apps before downloading them; then, at runtime, no more warnings.

    Please, Apple, please.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    09/29/09

    @Pazu: who reads the fine print? I think apps that harvest private information should present a user with a one time permission request, and allow access to be adjusted after that in preferences.

    If a developer is smart enough to be able to access a user's private information, they should be smart enough to be able to present a user with an initial permission request first.

    Otherwise, who knows what innocent looking app can secretly trojan all your info to their servers.
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    Image of Jimmy From The Block Jimmy From The Block
    09/29/09

    In reply to iPhone App Developer Jacks Your Phone Number to Pitch You More Apps
    This sounds like a serious privacy concern that Apple should address in the next firmware upgrade I don't think any app should be able to get that information without at least notifying the user.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    09/29/09

    @Jimmy From The Block: HOLY FRIGGIN CRAPS!!! Applications on my cell phone can get my cell phone number!!!! Yikes!!!

    Naw, there's too many legitimate reasons an app would need you number. What they could do, though (and maybe they have, so somebody help me out if I'm late to this party), is include a list of data that an application can access before downloading like in the Android market.
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    09/29/09

    @OCEntertainment: Uh, why exactly do you think your apps need to know your phone number?
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    frigg promoted this comment drumist was starred drumist was unstarred
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    09/29/09

    @drumist: maybe your app gets lonely and wants to call you on a friday night, see if you wanna see a movie or just hang out?
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    09/29/09

    In reply to iPhone App Developer Jacks Your Phone Number to Pitch You More Apps
    If you attempt to have phone sex with whoever calls you regarding this app, would that raise the likelihood of them calling back, or lower it?
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    09/29/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Still waiting to hear back from her, eh? ;-)
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    Image of Atheist Jew Atheist Jew
    09/17/09

    In reply to Hands-On With Mogo Talk For iPhone
    Pretty awesome idea, a long time in coming though. When they have a version that charges while the iPhone is plugged in via usb or A/C, i'll buy it.
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    09/16/09

    In reply to Hands-On With Mogo Talk For iPhone
    This design means you can't use a protective case. Therefore it needs to wrap around the front a little and keep the glass front from breaking in the event of a fall.
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    09/16/09

    In reply to Hands-On With Mogo Talk For iPhone

    Morbo approves of the Mogo.
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    Image of Eruanno Eruanno
    09/16/09

    @GitEmSteveDave_HasANewiPodTouch: MORBO SMASH ALL HUMANITY! ... but not Mogo.
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    GitEmSteveDave_HasANewiPodTouch promoted this comment Eruanno was starred Eruanno was unstarred
    Image of Xeno Xeno
    09/16/09

    @Eruanno: Nixon: Hows the family Morbo?
    Morbo: Belligerent and numerous.
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    09/16/09

    In reply to Hands-On With Mogo Talk For iPhone
    Better than the people I see who feel their head is the best docking station for their bluetooth headset.
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    The Lab promoted this comment Jason Chen approved this comment SEDAGIVE?! was starred SEDAGIVE?! was unstarred
    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    09/16/09

    In reply to Hands-On With Mogo Talk For iPhone
    You skipped the part when she started yelling into the phone because you couldn't hear the headset from your pants.
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    Image of Mayor McRib Mayor McRib
    09/16/09

    In reply to Hands-On With Mogo Talk For iPhone
    At first sight it almost looks like it runs on solar power. Without a better option for charging, I agree and don't see that much value in it.
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    09/16/09

    In reply to Hands-On With Mogo Talk For iPhone
    I've taken pills larger then that headset....and yes -- it wasn't my throat that was swallowing them.
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    09/16/09


    @BergenCountyJC:
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    Image of Dr. H. F. Danger Dr. H. F. Danger
    09/16/09


    @Kaiser-Machead: guess again
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    Image of TheCrudMan TheCrudMan
    08/06/09

    In reply to Ultrathin MoGo Mouse Latches Onto Netbooks, Barnacle-Style
    Lol I like how it's an HP...HP has had little pop out mice for millions of years.
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    Image of hmphargh hmphargh
    08/06/09

    @TheCrudMan: Which were made by MoGo...
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    Image of dingus dingus
    08/06/09

    @hmphargh: I think he means the one that was on a little swing arm on the Omnibooks in the early '90s.
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    08/06/09

    In reply to Ultrathin MoGo Mouse Latches Onto Netbooks, Barnacle-Style
    marsupial gadgets are always welcome!
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