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[Android General] LiquidSolstice:
You use a Google account which mines through all your messages for keywords to sell to advertisers and allows them to project personalized ads to you.

You search through Google to find web pages, which in turn Google watches and sells as trends to advertisers to project to you more ads.

You have Facebook account which constantly mines through every single interaction you do on the site, that tracks every single link that is posted to the site, that facilitates the ecosystem for apps and games to give you content in return for letting them access your private information.

Every single moment you're on the internet, someone is watching and gathering statistics on you. Just a newsflash, yes, maybe "you gotta have youre privacy", but please don't forget that on the internet, you rarely have any. Being smart about it is the key, paranoia is irrational.

That being said, I'm on a fresh flash of my ROM and haven't yet installed a browser. I'll wait and see what the Dolphin Team's reaction to this is.
[Android General] LiquidSolstice:
So, as it turns out, it's been fixed.

Blog Entry:

Source
[Android General] TheKucho:
K so I'm on 702 from market. That means I'm good right?
[Android General] LiquidSolstice:
Yes.

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[Android General] bland.life:
Does 702 still run the C2DMService?
[Android General] rogier666:
If you don't sign up for Dolphin Connect it doesn't. That got sorted out in v7.0.1.

I just reported what Keiji found and Fnorder confirmed, so all credits go to them.

It looks like Dolphin 7.0.2 is clean, but keep the nets out just in case it tries to swim to polluted waters again.
[Android General] Destke:
Thanks, just updated the hosts file :-)
[Android General] pulser_g2:
Another good find :) Congrats for spotting this... Also good to see fixed versions posted BEFORE an official patch :)
[Android General] msjohnson2868:
I've installed Opera Mobile...can anyone confirm that it is safe? (Assuming Turbo mode is off)
[Android General] tailsthecat3:
I only ever change the hosts file to '0.0.0.0'. What other functions could be accomplished, by either adding to or changing this file? :confused:
[Android General] FadeFx:
The entries in the host file override dns, so if u add this line to your hosts file all traffic to that url will be redirected to localhost (127.0.0.1)

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[Android General] 5hi7h34d:
Man, you people are fools. The issue is that the devs of this app are never to be trusted again, yet how many people are looking for a "fix" or an "update"?

NEWSFLASH:

There is no "fix" or "update" for scamming.
[Android General] onestoploser:
I completely agree. I wasn't a Dolphin user to begin with but this fiasco assures I will never try it out again when I'm looking for a browser change.

Drunk texted from my CM7 Bolt.
[Android General] hkeyman:
As long as there is Greed...there will be companies and individuals out there that will manipulate the naive. That is why there are communities like this, that use their intelligence to identify and thwart such manipulations, and give the ones who embrace it, the best possible shared knowledge to make the best decisions for that person who is looking for it...Don't hate on the people that don't know any better because they are not "Developers", participate. Because you know that something here has helped you at some point or will eventually. You too were once in their shoes, be a part of the solution...not the problems. (Nice user name to BTW)!
[Android General] 5hi7h34d:
Apparently you missed my point completely?
[Android General] jemarti:
Agreed. Don't be naive, and think that installing the update, patch, etc is the solution. The solution is to uninstall Dolphin, and down rate it. If the community shows any tolerance what so ever for dishonest or unethical behavior it will only encourage more developers to succumb to greed.

In short, if you tolerate or accept this kind of crap, you are part of the problem.
[Android General] Hrithan2020:
Can't agree more. Most of mainstream media, seems to be portraying it as a small "bug"or oversight on part of the Dolphin dev team and sure enough , there were lots of posts for iFans , about the malware problems in android ... blah blah blah..

The only issue being that it seems that this issue was present also for iOS, lol.. :D [ But, wish Apple deletes the app from its App Store, thus generating even more page links to this stuff, and possibly discourage such behaviour (at least for iOS or cross-platform apps) ].
[Android General] hkeyman:
+1 Well put point Jem
[Android General] Fnorder:
(offtopic)

What would be ideal is an open source dolphin clone. Scammers or not, the dolphin devs have (mostly) gotten the UI right (imho, with a few exceptions).

OSS browsers for android are scarce.

Firefox is an unusable (on 512meg ram) pig with a terrible UI.

Zirco is OSS, but the UI bugs me (tap spots to bring up buttons/urlbar, menu to bring up menu, wut?).

If I had the time I'd be forking Zirco to make a dolphin clone with the features dolphin should have (trustworthyness, customizable search, keyword bookmarks, customizable ui buttons, userscripts, sync feature with customizable baseurl, adjustable tab close behavior etc, etc). If such a thing ever made, expect a flood of feature addition patches from me.
[Android General] LiquidSolstice:
Did you not bother reading the blog post? They explained very clearly what was going on, and they removed its default behavior in the latest version.

NEWSFLASH

Reading is good for you!

....they never tried to manipulate anyone. Their webzine feature had a specific purpose and their explanation made perfect sense, taking it further out of context or getting enraged about it is just stupid.

That's quite honestly overkill. I feel although it's great you brought this to their attention, you're being far more critical and cynical about it than you need to be. They gave a detailed explanation as a well as a full apology for the misunderstanding, and they created a version that does not do this. Down-rating it in the market after both of the above is just downright retarded, immature, and highly disrespectful when you stop and think how many years and versions Dolphin has served us without incident, and without charging for anything.

I don't know why every single person in the last few posts is playing a privacy cop/victim.

Newsflash to all of you, the second you get on the internet, you've lost your privacy. The second you so much as told Facebook your full name, you lost your privacy. The second you log into your webmail, your actions and messages are read and analyzed to deliver you projected and personalized ads. Every single thing you do on the internet is logged somewhere and used for something.

For !@#$'s sake, are you all daft? You use GOOGLE phones. You plug directly into the behemoth that has the sole business model of finding and selling search trends to advertisers.

Wake up, calm down, and take it in your stride. Your reactions are simply appalling and your outrage is sadly over-exaggerated.
[Android General] geriguy33:
Very true!
[Android General] 5hi7h34d:
Yes, they removed because they didn't get caught?

Or they removed it as a PR move?

Or they removed it because they did get caught?
[Android General] LiquidSolstice:
So much pessimism and self-entitlement for an app that is provided to you for free and has never asked for anything more than your loyalty. LOL, PR move? For what, their non-existent stock price and share=holders? This isn't a commercial application, just so you know.

I suppose if you're going to be a cynical jerk, than yes, it's probably one big conspiracy theory; Dolphin was using your oh-so-precious usage of Webzines to plan out the world's next largest terrorist attack.

Using your reasoning, that seems to make sense, right?

People these days. Whether it's piracy, privacy, or the cost of goods, every single person wants to be some sort of expert analyst on a topic that they don't really know anything about but think they do. I'm now convinced you didn't bother to read their blog post.
[Android General] 5hi7h34d:
I use the built in browser for the little browsing I ever do on a phone. I use my phone to text and call people, besides that it's pretty much a toy.

After all your insults you didn't answer my question, so, that pretty much sums it up. They removed it because they got caught. It's as simple as that. All the insults and flaming in the world won't change that.
[Android General] onestoploser:
Lmfao!!! Keep drinkin' the kool-aid.

Drunk texted from my CM7 Bolt.
[Android General] onestoploser:
What did you expect them to put in their blog post? What they did was this: "We're sorry we got caught invading your privacy. We fixed it and won't do it again." as they high five each other and dis all the fools who cling to Dolphin like a mama's teat and come up with a better way to collect and sell your information. @_@

Drunk texted from my CM7 Bolt.
[Android General] LiquidSolstice:
And you think nothing you do on your phone is tracked? That Dolphin is the first ever app to do something that might seem remotely suspicious? Grow the hell up. The built in browser is also doing its own stat-tracking.

I'm supposed to answer your vague questions on Dolphin Browser's correction? Really? I didn't make the app, how the hell would I know their true intentions? At the same time, you don't know either, you just want to sound intelligent and privacy minded, so you decide to take the "everyone is out to get me" approach.

All I can do is look at the facts and their reputation, which speaks in a lot more volume than your stupid baseless insinuations that with one feature the went from being a great developer to an evils satan spawn.

I suppose if you don't know what "drinking the kool-aid" means, that's not my problem. The idiots that think that every single app on the planet is out to get them but state this while using a GOOGLE phone are the ones that need the hypocrisy wakeup call.
[Android General] LiquidSolstice:
That's not what they said, are you blind? Maybe if all you pay attention to are sensationalist news headlines and thread titles, you would think that. Why don't you take the time to read the blog instead of paraphrasing it?

Look at this thread title, even. The OP decided to call it "collection of browsing history" when he didn't even know that, and as it turns out, that's not what they're doing. He doesn't even have proof they're collecting anything. URL forwarding does not equate to collection.

Jesus Christ. You use a Google phone. That's most likely loaded with some form of Carrier IQ. Google that, if you don't know what it means.

Why do you use GMail? Or Facebook? Or Google+? Or anything free on the internet? Do you think those aren't collecting and selling your information? Surely no one is that naive.
[Android General] onestoploser:
Hmmm... It sounds to me like you'll believe anything you read. Good job on taking every spoonful. Good luck with that.

Drunk texted from my CM7 Bolt.
[Android General] LiquidSolstice:
And it sounds to me like you'll believe anything as long as it has a sensational title. Good job on losing sight of logic and reason.
[Android General] habylab:
All the others are crap :/

Is there a leak of ICS browser? That's looks good.
[Android General] onestoploser:
I don't even use Dolphin. It's just not that good. I believe the proof and it's right there in black and white. Good day sir.

Drunk texted from my CM7 Bolt.
[Android General] SHADOW-XIII:
that only proves that it would be awesome if someone could make firewall app with not only per-app filtering but (per-app)+(per-hostname) filtering, that would be a killer
[Android General] LiquidSolstice:
Wow, so you're putting this much effort into disrespecting the work of someone when you never had any intention of using it to begin with? You have serious issues then.

There is no "proof" of anything except the URL forwarding, and the URL forwarding has been explained. That's the only black and white thing that's going on here, your retarded exaggerations of evil and greed are just a figment of your overactive imagination.

But it's ok, you'll keep ending your posts with "Good day" or "I'm done" or whatever you will, but you'll keep coming back. Because it matters so much to you, I see.
[Android General] onestoploser:
Believe what you want. I see resorting to name calling is your forte. You buy their explanation. I don't. End of story.

Drunk texted from my CM7 Bolt.
[Android General] LiquidSolstice:
I'm not "believing" anything. I'm sticking with rational logic, whereas you are believing what you see and making a blanket assumption without even thinking like a conformist mindless sheep would do.
[Android General] Fnorder:
TL;DR: I disagree. Remain civil, dammit.

Considering what the webzine feature does, the explanation makes about as much sense as replacing a car's engine because of a bad spark plug.

It's overkill to suggest an open source clone of software? It's overkill to forward the full url of every loaded page via http to a central server just to check against a list of 300 base urls.

I can recall another incident with this company, and am -quite- cynical when it comes to companies in general, and private data that holds monetary value for marketing purposes. I have several ruined email addresses that are spam cesspools, all unique and given to a single point of contact. The most recent one was given to box.net, who promised not to give out email addresses to third parties. Apparently they do cloud storage and discount viagra.

Newsflash! Companies lie.

Perhaps they are/were dolphin users.

Only if you let it happen.

Face-book..?

Funny, I don't remember installing that squirrelmail module.

Not all web traffic, to a central location.

The only ones capable of doing this would be your provider. And even if they -did- invest in the -massive- infrastructure required to retain packet capture data or a list of requested urls, not even Sprint can do this for HTTPS urls, private networks, or vpn routed traffic.

Dolphin did.

Not even Google has it's mitts on your full web history.

Taking this sort of thing in stride and letting this sort of thing happen without complaint -will- eat away at everyone's privacy rights. -You- don't seem calm, given your tirades and insults.

See above, and...

...tell that to the federal courts that have taken past transgressions seriously.

I call bull****. Post the packet captures and code snippets.

hmm:

Please keep track of your statements or hire a secretary.

If you don't see them, they -can- eat you.

Indeed, the facts and their reputation do speak volumes

You seem incapable of comprehending the idea that a company can lie.

Again, you seem quite sure that what they say is true.

Collection != retention. IANAL but AFAIK they are seperate beasts in the legal world as well.

The packet captures prove data collection. Of -course- I cannot -prove- the collected data is retained, without root access to the server(s). And -you- cannot prove they are telling the truth.

By default, the nginx access logs on an ubuntu 10.10 machine are rotated daily and retained for 52 days. Do you think dolphin disabled that logging out of concern for user privacy?

Then why would they act so -sneaky- about this entire fiasco? Zero disclosure, ignoring emails and deleting blog comments (yes yes I know I cannot prove these two points), and only doing something about it after the news crops up on android police, ars technica, and cnet...

The behavior is that of a company that got caught, not of one that made a mistake.

Also, they have investors....the data in question is -valuable- in nature (go read a book on internet marketing).

Thanks to skilled people that do not share your desire to 'take it in stride', my phone is cleansed of CIQ taint.
[Android General] dizgustipated:
Interesting that's its a Samsung browser.

Code for it is available at samsungs source code page
[Android General] tailsthecat3:
Interesting.
[Android General] FadeFx:
Afaik this is not the same, this one is dolphin, Samsung names it dolfin browser.

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[Android General] Fnorder:
Different beasts, dolfin is a webkit browser for bada by samsung, and came after dolphin the webkit browser for android by mobotap afaik.
[Android General] rogier666:
Looks like Dolphin is storing passwords and login cookies in a backup file on your SD card without encryption.

Making a backup or not making a backup is your own choice, but I'm sure that 99.9% of Dolphin users expect their backups to be stored in a secure format that can't be read by those who shouldn't.

Most apps on the market ask for SD card read/write permission and for internet access. A bad app only needs to snoop in sdcard/TunnyBrowser/backup/databases/webview.db to do evil things.

Titanium can encrypt its backups. MyBackup doesn't (but should), and Dolphin should encrypt its backups too. What's the point of passwords if they get stored as plain text?

Together with the webzine URL fiasco Dolphin looks like pure evil, but I give them the benefit of the doubt. I think they're just incompetent.
[Android General] ryzer:
just uninstall dolphin.......
[Android General] lakshmideepak.gaddipati:
looks like guys at dolphin heard

I think guys at dolphin heard this

http://blog.dolphin-browser.com/2011/10/27/webzine-does-not-store-user-data/

one should update their dolphin version to the newest version to make sure this doesn't bother.
[Android General] keijitakeda:
Quik check with version.7.0.2

I quickly checked again newly released HD version 7.0.2 on Android.

No packets going to en.mywebzines.com has been identified in 3 mins http traffic including 10 page visit.

V1.1 on iPhone seems still sending URLs to mywebzines.com.

Just for quick update.

Keiji
[Android General] lawalty:
FYI,

I've uninstalled Dolphin when I first heard about them gathering data, but when I reinstalled the (clean) version, I noticed the "End User Licensing Agreement" screen. Instead of just selecting agree, I went into the actual wording. If you take a look at the actual agreement, scroll down to the 3rd. selection "COLLECTION OF DATA".

Yes, all of you, just by using the Dolphin browser, you agree for them to collect your surfing habits..

I'm uninstalling again. :(
[Android General] DnaPolymerase:
Same thing. Uninstalled this ******ry and killed it with fire.

No more Dolphin for me. This is no more a misunderstanding, this is a privacy threat.

Screw them, I'll use another browser.
[Android General] lawalty:
BTW,

Any of you uninstalling, make sure you do it in the Android Market. I know that every app uninstall is documented by the market. I don't think its documented if you simply remove the app from within your phone.

This will send a clear message to the Dolphin folks how many are uninstalling.

I normally don't use the market for uninstalling apps because of this very reason. I don't want any negatives on any developers. I appreciate the app devs out there, and buy the premium versions of apps just for the a way of saying "thank you".

But, something like this, ill make every effort to uninstall the Dolphin browser from the market.

EDIT:

For all those who used Manage Applications and uninstalled through your phone instead of the market. Use TB and restore Dolphin back to its "data collecting glory" and then go to the market and select uninstall.
[Android General] suxelexus:
Sneaky bastards..all these companies trying to market us into mental retardation. Just started using dolphin and preferred it, uninstalling now unfortunately. Opera my next best choice??
[Android General] sahil04:
For those of you uninstalling, what are you using instead? After using Dolphin the stock browser is absolutely abysmal. I tried firefox for a few minutes but didn't really like it as much as Dolphin but I might just try it again in so I can use the bookmark sync feature.
[Android General] docfreed:
Firefox - same here - didn't like it at first but it kind of grows on you. Wish they would put some kind of back arrow on it. Why don't these moron developers just copy the desktop browser instead of trying to reinvent the wheel? At least it doesn't transmit the URL's to some hidden site. See this (from Mozilla's Privacy Page) "Mozilla does not collect or track any Personal Information or any information about the websites you visit" - sounds a lot better than Dolphin, eh!!!
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kafkaesque1978:
I have just installed cyanogen on my female's Desire HD. I have NFS mounting on my ZTE Blade (3TB media server, cyanogen too), but the same set-up isn't working on the Desire. Is there a kernel that supports NFS that I can use with cyanogen?

Obviously, I am not referring to need for speed.

Any pointers appreciated. Thanks.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kafkaesque1978:
Is it that none of you use NFS shares? Or is the answer to this question too simple?

My searching suggests that I may need to compile cyanogen with NFS mounting supported. Though this might be a little above my paygrade.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] torrkel:
GINGERBREAD.XWKI1

I sended in my S2 for repair but it could not be repaired. So I got a new Galaxy S2 but when I started it as I saw that it was XWKI1.

What the f*ck is XWKI1 and how do you root it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] torrkel:
Just fixed it =)

Warning: Perform at your own risk, rooting could possibly brick your device and void your warranty.

EDIT: Scroll to the bottom for initial instructions, make sure you have the correct kernels/firmwares to begin rooting!

What you need:

* A Samsung Galaxy S2

* A Windows PC

* A USB DATACABLE

* Odin Downloader

* Download the attached XWKDD, but do NOT extract the .tar file ( Just google XWKDD.tar and find the link from xda-developers.com, klick and save! )

* Download and extract SuperOneClick

* Put device in USB debugging mode: Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB debugging

Step One

Reboot your device into download mode Turn the device off, then power it on again by pressing and holding VolumeDown + Home + Power simultaneously.

Step Two

Start ODIN Downloader

Step Three

Connect the device to your computer using USB.

Wait a few seconds, the ODIN screen should show you that a device is now connected.

tick the checkboxes next to “Auto reboot” and “F. Reset Time” and leave everything else as is.

Press the “PDA” button, and select the “XWKDD_insecure.tar” file.

Press “Start”. ODIN you should now be flashing the kernel, and the device should reboot.

DO Not Remove the cable and Wait until the device is rebooted.

Step Four

Once the device is rooted and while still connected via USB

Start SuperOneClick, and press ROOT

Reboot the device

That’s all folks! You should have successfully rooted your Samsung Galaxy S2.
[Xperia Play Android Development] Logseman:
I found in another forum a couple of files which allow us to add MegaBass, one of the most beloved features of Sony Ericsson's W(alkman) phone series. I bundled them in an update.zip to be flashed with Clockwork Mod, and given that they work in all Xperia phones, I've decided to spread them around :)

I hope it's useful!

MegaBass Installer

MegaBass Uninstaller

*Note* I didn't make these files nor am I savvy enough to discuss their effect. They've been tested in most models with success, though, so again, I distribute them in the hope that they can be useful.
[Xperia Play Android Development] jacklebott:
Does this increase the bass more than equalizer does with the bass booster setting? And does it only work with headphones too?

EDIT: Hmm I don't really hear a difference..
[Xperia Play Android Development] AndroHero:
Awesome logs :D