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Ask Soylent: Where to Get Spyware-Free Apps

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

penguinoid writes:

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 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.