 ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
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| [iPhone] Saurik releases PrivaCy for jailbroken iPhones. »cydia.saurik.com/package/com.saurik.privacy
"It has recently come to the attention of angry Cydia users that they are being watched by many of the applications they have installed from the App Store.
Sites like I-phone-home have been discussing this in detail, leading to a post on the Dev-Team Blog about one provider in particular: Pinch Media.
Pinch Media, however, is not the only tracking provider: on the iPhone alone there are three other companies:
Flurry, Medialets, and Mobclix.
Developers integrate these systems for much the same reason people use Google Analytics: to better understand how their customers use their products.
Unfortunately, due to the restrictions Apple places on their App Store, these providers are unable to directly interface with the users they affect.
Instead, they rely on developers of every single application to document what information is being logged, and allow users to "opt-out" if they desire.
Thanks to applicatons like redsn0w and Cydia, however, these restrictions are no longer important: a system-wide global "opt-out" setting is now possible.
Pinch Media realized this fact, and took the lead in contacting me regarding getting this feature out there to all the users of jailbroken devices: they care.
With BigBoss, we then contacted all of the other providers, getting not only their blessing, but also their technical expertise in disabling their systems.
The result is PrivaCy: a new Settings panel that allows you to selectively opt-out of sending anonymous usage statistics to each of these providers.
This extension was a team effort, and was able to be executed as quickly as it was thanks to the help and interest of the companies involved."
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 HiVoltPremium
join:2000-12-28
Toronto, ON
kudos:12 | Very nice. Installed it, and disabled all the usage stats!
Thanks!
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Yet another reason to jailbreak. Do we need one more? Good job Dev Team. Apple it's your turn to step up.
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 DrModemPremium
join:2006-10-19
USA
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 Steve JobsAmerican living in CanadaPremium
join:2002-06-23
Scarborough, ON | reply to ptrowski
Unfortunately the New York Times app won't work unless you turn on Medialets. Wish there was a way to remove ads from them. |
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ptrowskiGot Helix?Premium
join:2005-03-14
Putnam, CT
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| said by Steve Jobs:Unfortunately the New York Times app won't work unless you turn on Medialets. Wish there was a way to remove ads from them. I thought I saw an app on Cydia that blocked ads.
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"So, Lone Starr, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb."
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rugbyI think I know it all.VIP
join:2000-09-26
Indianapolis, IN | reply to Steve Jobs
said by Steve Jobs:Unfortunately the New York Times app won't work unless you turn on Medialets. Wish there was a way to remove ads from them. Apple's remote program won't work unless medialets is enabled as well. |
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Steve JobsAmerican living in CanadaPremium
join:2002-06-23
Scarborough, ON | reply to ptrowski
Hm whats it called? |
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 darciliciousCyber LibrarianPremium
join:2001-01-02
Forest Grove, OR
kudos:1 | The result is PrivaCy: a new Settings panel that allows you to selectively opt-out of sending anonymous usage statistics to each of these providers. |
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