The latest release of NDTV Android app is asking for full access to your calendar. Given that it is an app from a news site, what's the point of asking for complete access to your calendar on the phone. What do they expect to do with your calendar. I am not going to install this upgrade.
Showing posts with label Security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Security. Show all posts
Saturday, December 14, 2013
Security concern: NDTV android app
The latest release of NDTV Android app is asking for full access to your calendar. Given that it is an app from a news site, what's the point of asking for complete access to your calendar on the phone. What do they expect to do with your calendar. I am not going to install this upgrade.
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Save battery and secure your Android Device
The best combination of applications for your android phone are Lookout and Juice Defender. The biggest pet peeve for most of the android (and even iPhone) phones is that the battery does not really last a day if you are regularly using the phone whole day for emails, google maps and other stuff.
Juice Defender disables data connectivity and re-enables it after certain interval to save battery and can increase the life of the battery by 2-3 times.
Lookout Security app is a much because it acts as a virtual guard and can help you to locate the phone if it is really lost. The problem is that if you are running this app with Juice Defender, then you data is disabled and you can not locate the phone.
This is where a hidden feature in Juice Defender comes really handy. There is a feature to define a password that you can send to your phone and Juice Defender would disable itself.
With the combination of these two applications, you can save battery as well as secure your android device.
Juice Defender disables data connectivity and re-enables it after certain interval to save battery and can increase the life of the battery by 2-3 times.
Lookout Security app is a much because it acts as a virtual guard and can help you to locate the phone if it is really lost. The problem is that if you are running this app with Juice Defender, then you data is disabled and you can not locate the phone.
This is where a hidden feature in Juice Defender comes really handy. There is a feature to define a password that you can send to your phone and Juice Defender would disable itself.
With the combination of these two applications, you can save battery as well as secure your android device.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Application Review: Lookout
So many days since I posted something. I got to try this new app called Lookout. Very decent app. It provide functionality related to identifying vulnerabilities in the phone, one can request location of the phone from their portal, backup photos, call records and contact book.
Basic application is free but some of the functionality is premium and you need to pay $29.99 per annum for premium functionality. Premium functionality includes backing up of photos and call records and remote lock and wipe of the device.
If one is keeping lots of confidential data on the device, I would say that the premiums version is worth it otherwise one should anyway install the free version.
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