General Question About The Droid Phone Apps

[Ihaveaquestion]

I have a Droid X, and in the marketplace, if you download web browsers such as Firefox and Opera Mini, and use one of these apps, can the account holder veiw your history of these apps without having access to your phone?

 

[nj02vette]

I'm the account holder on my wife's phone (family plan) and I am not aware of any way to view the downloaded apps she's made, without actually picking up her phone and looking.

The app downloads are a Google thing, while your account is a Verizon thing.
Don't think they share that info or there is any visibility on your purchases or downloads.

FYI, there is always sideloading. You can install an APK (app) directly without getting it from the market.

 

[Ihaveaquestion]

I know that they cannot veiw the specific apps that I have downloaded, but say I download firefox, go on facebook through firefox but not my default browser. Will they be able to see that I went to facebook?

 

[Steven58]

You can always set the one I use, Dolphin HD. You can set it to clear cache and history upon exit.

Spoiler

Why do I get the feeling I'm helping you do something you're not supposed to?

 

[Ihaveaquestion]

Thank you, i will check that out. But I know that deletes the history off your phone. Can they veiw the websites you have visited through the bill or myverizon?

 

[Steven58]

Thank you, i will check that out. But I know that deletes the history off your phone. Can they veiw the websites you have visited through the bill or myverizon?

no

 

[Ihaveaquestion]

Thank you again, but just to be sure, are you positive they cannot veiw the website name? I know they can veiw the data usage, but I wont to be positive that they cannot veiw the exact website that I visited.

 

[PatHoge]

Why do I get the feeling I'm helping you do something you're not supposed to?

Lol! Exactly.

And no, the websites you visit do not show up on the bill. Only the total amount of data that you use shows up.

 

[bigbadwulff]

I see you've been on wwww.bigboobs.whatever again. For shame!

 

[nj02vette]

So obviously you are doing something that you don't want someone else to see.

Yes, as Stephen mentioned, browsers like Dolphin can removed cached information and browsing history when you exit (it prompts you).

However, I will say that even with exiting from Dolphin HD and clearing cache, it does remember certain things. So even if they are removed from history, there is still a record somewhere. How do I know this? For example, I can go to Craigslist, select a city and start browsing. Close out and remove history and cache. Next time I start and type craigslist in, it goes right back to the city that I left off from. So obviously it is storing some information that doesn't get wiped.

As to whether the casual user can view this, or if it takes more sophisticated tech means, I don't know. Never really looked into it.

 

[quickaudi]

Lol, I see this not going well...

 

[eraursls1984]

I wonder what the headlines are going to read tomorrow, "Man blows himself up in a meth lab after reading a how to on his android phone," "Man arrested for viewing child porn on his phone," "Boy kills parents after studying the Menendez brothers on his cell phone." Guess we'll have to wait until tomorrow to find out.

 

[bbuck002]

nj02 that's probably a cookie tracker. if you delete cookies too that shouldn't happen (your craigslist example)

 

[Martimus]

nj02 that's probably a cookie tracker. if you delete cookies too that shouldn't happen (your craigslist example)

Cookies were the first thought that came to mind after reading the Craigslist example...

 

[Bankswood]

P-a-r-a-n-o-i-d

 

[nj02vette]

nj02 that's probably a cookie tracker. if you delete cookies too that shouldn't happen (your craigslist example)

Thought that as well, but never investigated. Just wanted to give an example that the default Dolphin browser behavior leaves some traces of where you've been, even if that's just cookies.