64bit skype client needed

Rick Stevens ricks at alldigital.com
Thu Sep 18 00:10:32 UTC 2014


On 09/17/2014 02:32 PM, Michael Cronenworth issued this missive:
> On 09/17/2014 03:45 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
>> You should be more concerned with having a closed-source, non-peer-
>> reviewed binary on your machine. Who knows what data it is mining on
>> your system and sending off to M$ and their evil minions. Half of the
>> apps I've downloaded for my Android phone never get installed because
>> as they install they want access to stuff that has NOTHING to do with
>> the app's supposed function (for example, I-Heart-Radio has absolutely
>> NO need to look at my address book). They get deleted as soon as they
>> try to
>> install and I find out what trolls they are.
>
> You should check out the "Xposed Framework" and the "XPrivacy" add-on
> that works with it. It's essentially App Ops on steroids. I can still
> install apps that want invasive permissions but block them from trying
> to use them at runtime.

I will look into those. Thank you, Michael! I'm still rather p*ssed at
these apps. I really don't like anyone looking up my skirt as it were.
Google is getting to be really annoying that way.
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