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on Monday February 24 2014, @09:00PM
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andrew writes:
"Alternet.org reports recent updates to terms of conditions for Bank of Americas cell phone app and Capital Ones new credit card contract have given banks unsettling new abilities. These privileges include the authority to access to your phone microphone and camera or even showing up at your workplace and home unannounced at any time.
From the the article:
We're witnessing a new era of fascism, where corporations are creating intrusive and over-bearing terms and conditions that customers click to agree to without even reading.
As a result, corporations in America have acquired king-like power, while we're the poor serfs that must abide by their every rule or else."
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(Score: 4, Informative) by frojack on Monday February 24 2014, @11:49PM
Just once in a while you have to take things claimed in an article with a grain of salt. Especially when John McAfee is involved.
The actual permissions from the Bank of America app are as follow:
This app has access to these permissions:
Your location
precise location (GPS and network-based)
Network communication
full network access
view network connections
view Wi-Fi connections
receive data from Internet
Phone calls
read phone status and identity
Camera
take pictures and videos
Affects battery
prevent device from sleeping
As you can see, these are pretty much stock stuff, It has to know when a call comes in so that it can get out of the way, it needs the camera to deposit checks (and video is combined with camera access), it needs your location to find branches near you, and it needs the network to access your account.
The Capital One app is roughly the same.
Really, sometimes people exaggerate, and McAfee has made a living at it.
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