Hey all,
Spock-app on my smartphone tries to phone home according to my firewall. I wonder if that is a necesary action or if I should block this behaviour.
Thanks in advance for tour answers.
Len
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Spock on smartphone android phone home.
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len.moret
, Oct 19 2019 10:14 AM
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Protomartyr
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Posted 19 October 2019 - 11:43 AM
The only app I could find was this shopping app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shpock.android
I guess it would make sense that a shopping app would phone home so it knows your location and provides you with relevant results that are nearby. However, if it's phoning home when you're not using the app then I'd probably disable the relevant permissions when you're not using it.
I use Bouncer to do this automatically since I don't have the latest version of Android.
Bouncer - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.samruston.permission
If you have an iOS device, that functionality should be built in.
Edited by Protomartyr, 19 October 2019 - 11:43 AM.
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Posted 26 December 2019 - 10:00 PM
This is Weird try beaming him up, sorry couldn't resist.
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