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[ NNSquad ] Sneaky Mobile Ads Invade Android Phones
Sneaky Mobile Ads Invade Android Phones
http://j.mp/tZ2geg (PC World)
"Are you wondering how that mysterious icon ended up on your Android
phone's start screen? Annoyed at the ads clogging your notification
bar? You aren't alone. Thousands of Android apps now include software
that shoves marketing icons onto your phone's start screen or pushes
advertising into your notification bar--and many of the apps give you
no warning about the ad invasion. Many of these ads come from mobile
marketing firms such as AirPush, Appenda, LeadBolt, Moolah Media, and
StartApp."
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I have no objections to honest, polite, and discreet (and discrete!)
in-app ads. They help to keep many great apps free. On the other
hand, any app that tries to sneak ads onto my Android home screens or
notification areas without having fully and obviously disclosed that
fact beforehand, will incur my unbridled wrath.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
Blog: http://lauren.vortex.com
Google+: http://vortex.com/g+lauren
Twitter: https://twitter.com/laurenweinstein
Tel: +1 (818) 225-2800 / Skype: vortex.com