RE: Privacy features in Touch (cyanogenmod)?

2013-07-05 Thread Matt B .
nt" Apps accessing the internet the same as I would for a "nefarious" app--it's about the connection behavior not what's it's trying to do. > Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2013 10:41:43 +0100 > From: m...@canonical.com > To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Subje

RE: Privacy features in Touch (cyanogenmod)?

2013-07-03 Thread Matt B .
Yeah. This seems like a great way to solve the problem. As I understand it this is what Cyanogenmod is implementing and what I wondered if ubuntu would incorporate. The cyanogenmod method shouldn't need more than one dialogue to accomplish this. > Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2013 15:14:45 +0100 > From: ro

RE: Privacy features in Touch (cyanogenmod)?

2013-07-03 Thread Matt B .
> Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 16:57:57 +0100 > From: m...@canonical.com > To: ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com > Subject: Re: Privacy features in Touch (cyanogenmod)? > > > I agree this is a good model. Still, I worry about the possibility > > of having a lot of "are you sure" dialogs in a nicely i

RE: Privacy features in Touch (cyanogenmod)?

2013-07-01 Thread Matt B .
Let me tell you guys something I find really ANNOYING on iPhone: I turn on Airplane mode, and then I go to use an App. I get prompts telling me Airplane mode is on (yes, I know Airplane mode is on). I'm getting these prompts because the App wants to use the internet. But it is an App that DOESN

Encrypted-phone setting for ubuntu-touch?

2013-07-01 Thread Matt B .
Love the full-phone encryption option available on Android phones. I assume ubuntu-touch should have phone encryption option cause of its compatibility with the Desktop. Will Ubuntu-Touch offer users a full-phone-encryption setting when released that requires password at every startup/boot?

FW: Privacy features in Touch (cyanogenmod)?

2013-06-23 Thread Matt B .
Matthew Paul Thomas, thanks for your email describing the features you plan to work on. Your proposed work sounds great! I agree with your assessment about Android's setup being less than ideal and everything in your email is spot on. Your design plan is fantastic! I really appreciate that some

Privacy features in Touch (cyanogenmod)?

2013-06-18 Thread Matt B .
I wish more software companies developed built-in Privacy features and user-control of app internet connections. The internet is a PUBLIC space and I don't like software companies working to put all my data there--including my local searches--while simultaneously doing nothing to bring enhanced