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posted by takyon on Saturday June 06 2015, @04:00PM   Printer-friendly
from the verified-links dept.

These days there are so many apps infested with spyware or adware, and it almost seems as if the stores themselves are promoting them in exchange for a cut. And some apps that start off clean get "updated" to include ads and spying. How do you find free apps that aren't infested?


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  • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Saturday June 06 2015, @05:12PM

    by kaszz (4211) on Saturday June 06 2015, @05:12PM (#192951) Journal

    You can make the network stack (firewall) to only allow specific type of packets through? Ease up until the app works?

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Saturday June 06 2015, @05:43PM

    by frojack (1554) on Saturday June 06 2015, @05:43PM (#192957) Journal

    The spyware authors are all wise to this, and http or https for just about everything.

    I occasionally use a hub upstream of my wifi router just so I can use wireshark to grab packets and IP Addresses.

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    • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday June 07 2015, @12:39AM

      by kaszz (4211) on Sunday June 07 2015, @12:39AM (#193054) Journal

      Fake their server? or pretend to be outside of coverage..?

      • (Score: 2) by frojack on Sunday June 07 2015, @01:07AM

        by frojack (1554) on Sunday June 07 2015, @01:07AM (#193067) Journal

        There are apps that use the hosts file to make it appear that the mother ship is off line, or just resolve them all to 127.0.0.1

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        • (Score: 2) by kaszz on Sunday June 07 2015, @01:24AM

          by kaszz (4211) on Sunday June 07 2015, @01:24AM (#193082) Journal

          The question is if the App will accept that state of things. And the hostfile is just a stopgap solution. It's better to enumerate hosts that are allowed.