On 4/23/2011 1:14 AM, atec77 wrote:
> On 23/04/2011 5:43 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On 4/22/2011 4:34 PM, atec77 wrote:
>>> On 23/04/2011 12:24 PM, notbob wrote:
>>>> On 2011-04-23, > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Maybe notbob can't afford one and hates to think everyone else has
>>>>> one.
>>>>> Hence his attempt to discredit the iPhone.
>>>>
>>>> I had you pegged as one who was at least semi computer literate and
>>>> likely to see my post for what it was, a heads-up on a possible
>>>> security issue.
>>>>
>>>> "Hates to think"!? Stood in front of a mirror, lately?
>>>>
>>>> nb
>>> I have avoided then apple phones with good reason, I simply dislike the
>>> apple ethos and now it seems that feeling was correct , my current htc
>>> runs a free o/s which appears to not have secrets
>>>
>>
>> I don't believe that this is the case,
> huh ?
> I formated the phone and compiled what I needed sans aps to make it run
> , there are linix based o/s out there for FREE
> my android phone will transmit
>> data at random moments and sometimes it appears that someone's taking
>> control of my phone - I'll find the settings changes.
> exactly why I formated mine
>
>>
>>
> why not format yours ?

I don't have the technical skills to do this nor would I want to give up
my third party apps. The reality is that the much of the data is being
sent to T-mobile. I've pretty much done all that I can do without
monkeying around with the inner workings. The Android OS is probably the
OS of choice for people like you but for the average Joe, it's a minefield.