Originally Posted by
alanh
Oh, yuck. The short version is that HTC has a high-privilege applet preinstalled on their phone that can access all sorts of sensitive data. It gives this info up to any other applet without any sort of security, acting as a backdoor around the normal Android security.
The vulnerabilities 'we' allow in the name and for the sake of 'connivance'.
Originally Posted by
macdonaldj2
root your phone...problem solved
I would so love to turn an Android device on and be presented 2 options
1. Manufacture ROM (bloated with carrier & vendor crap)
2. Cyanogen ROM (Lean, mean speed demon machine)