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BlackSpinner wrote:

nwootten123 wrote:Hey peeps,

Still need new CPAP users to check out our iPhone and Android app and let us know what they'd like to see on it. Anyone interested? Pleeeeease. It will be fun

Thanks,
Nate

So this is now starting to sound like classic spam.

Yeah, not a single response to a question and no link to this supposed app. By installing what ever it may be, the user is divulging personal health information and providing, what appears to be a very dubious character, access to their device.

Until "Nate" provides more background, I would strongly suggest that no one touch this app.

bv1800 wrote:
Yeah, not a single response to a question and no link to this supposed app. By installing what ever it may be, the user is divulging personal health information and providing, what appears to be a very dubious character, access to their device.

Until "Nate" provides more background, I would strongly suggest that no one touch this app.

They sound very unprofessional - I say this as someone who has been in the software development industry for over 40 years.

Yep, if it looks like Spam, talks like Spam, and smells like Spam--shove it back in the can!

chunkyfrog wrote:Yep, if it looks like Spam, talks like Spam, and smells like Spam--shove it back in the can!

mmm, fried spam... heat up that skillet.

I am not well versed in this stuff, but once you download an unknown app on your phone can these people download something else on your phone ...like a virus that allows access to the data in the phone?

LSAT wrote:I am not well versed in this stuff, but once you download an unknown app on your phone can these people download something else on your phone ...like a virus that allows access to the data in the phone?

yes

LSAT wrote:I am not well versed in this stuff, but once you download an unknown app on your phone can these people download something else on your phone ...like a virus that allows access to the data in the phone?

Really depends on what you are downloading, where you got it, what type of phone you have and what type of security software.

Related more for Google apps since that is what I use, each time you install an app, it provides you a list of what permissions it needs. If you are using Android, you really should look at that list and think about what they are asking permission for before authorizing. Just as important, you need to watch when apps update since many times they then ask for more permissions. The biggest problem with permissions is they are not detailed enough many times giving much more access than they actually need.

This is why I use a security program which can prevent an app from doing things I don't think it should be able to do. Might be that the app needs those things and if I don't trust it, I just don't use it. The security software also keeps a list of what an app has done. Example a flashlight app doesn't need access to the Internet, my contacts, ability to send texts etc.. its just a flashlight app. So most apps like that are locked down to not allow those. Each new app I add is blocked for everything and the security app shows me what they are trying to gain access to. I can then choose to allow access to just block that part.

A great example is Facebook. I have it on my phone but it has next to no access to do much of anything other than be Facebook. No access to my storage, contacts, texting etc... So if they decide to start playing in areas they haven't before, it is blocked (they have done this many times).

Typically software obtained from outside sources (away from Apple Store and Google Play) have a much higher risk of being insecure, but even apps from normal sources can have unknown issues.