Recently bought a Moto G (XT1045) and a little surprised what is going on. Is it my imagination or is everything about this device geared toward Google collecting every possible bit of my personal information it can?
Is this what all smartphone users have come to accept? Honestly am afraid to turn it on...lol. Why did I buy a smartphone in the first place. Wanted to be mobile...reading the news, surfing my favorite forums, tide and weather boating apps. Calling and texting would be okay too.
1st big question is how can one (legally) stop the constant stream of updates? Pretty sure KitKat 4.4 updated without me doing anything from 4.4.2. Resetting to Factory spec still leaves 4.4.4. Have downloaded a couple free apps like "Addon Detector" and "Permission Manager". Besides being overwhelming not sure these tools will really help secure my phone. Am afraid to purchase anything that ask for my cc #. Does everyone use the Store or Amazon and make all their personal info available to the Cloud?
All this Linkin and Sync-in has got me rethinking. Is this why people root their phones...do custom ROMS solve all these issues?
Finally (for now), Are all apps written by someone in a basement somewhere? Meaning... without support? Why does a forum surfing app need permission to make in app purchases?? Forums I visit with ads usually take you off to another url to make a purchase.
Am sure this device will find many other uses if I can get past the security aspects. Just need to get control of it before it controls me! All comments welcome...if sarcastic or mean at least be funny
Is this what all smartphone users have come to accept? Honestly am afraid to turn it on...lol. Why did I buy a smartphone in the first place. Wanted to be mobile...reading the news, surfing my favorite forums, tide and weather boating apps. Calling and texting would be okay too.
1st big question is how can one (legally) stop the constant stream of updates? Pretty sure KitKat 4.4 updated without me doing anything from 4.4.2. Resetting to Factory spec still leaves 4.4.4. Have downloaded a couple free apps like "Addon Detector" and "Permission Manager". Besides being overwhelming not sure these tools will really help secure my phone. Am afraid to purchase anything that ask for my cc #. Does everyone use the Store or Amazon and make all their personal info available to the Cloud?
All this Linkin and Sync-in has got me rethinking. Is this why people root their phones...do custom ROMS solve all these issues?
Finally (for now), Are all apps written by someone in a basement somewhere? Meaning... without support? Why does a forum surfing app need permission to make in app purchases?? Forums I visit with ads usually take you off to another url to make a purchase.
Am sure this device will find many other uses if I can get past the security aspects. Just need to get control of it before it controls me! All comments welcome...if sarcastic or mean at least be funny