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[ PRIVACY Forum ] iOS app funnels all your traffic through their
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PRIVACY Forum mailing list)
Thu Aug 30 12:52:31 2012
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 09:28:34 -0700
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iOS app funnels all your traffic through their servers -- one of the
worst ideas ever
http://j.mp/OuRPoW (All Things D)
"Archambault maintains that Wajam won't slow down users' phone
experiences, because he is relying on super-speedy Amazon
infrastructure, and that everything will be private, because Wajam is
TRUSTe certified. It remains to be seen how Apple reacts to the hack,
given it could be abused."
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Talk about really bad ideas. This also points out how TRUSTe, et al.
certifications have become essentially worthless.
--Lauren--
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