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Silk

Doc_N wrote: »

I'm not at all sure I do. It's a good point, and one which very few people have picked up on.

Why not, whats the problem with them ?

I've been with them for almost 2 years, as has my Mother and never had a spam text or email through them so don't see why it would be a problem.

Yorkie1

grayme-m wrote: »

I'd say the kind of adverts they are warning against are those that you get in apps written by individuals and published on the various app stores; these can therefore be written by unscrupulous peeps.

I seriously doubt Ovivo's been set up to harvest phone data.

Oh, I didn't suspect Ovivo being set up for that purpose or for malware advertising!

I just wasn't sure how well vetted the adverts were, thus whether there was a malware risk by them appearing.

It appears from another poster that it's the clicking through which is likely to generate malware installation, so it looks safe enough.

grayme-m

Yorkie1 wrote: »

Oh, I didn't suspect Ovivo being set up for that purpose or for malware advertising!

I just wasn't sure how well vetted the adverts were, thus whether there was a malware risk by them appearing.

It appears from another poster that it's the clicking through which is likely to generate malware installation, so it looks safe enough.

I'm challenging this exact point, would you really put a phone provider in the same risk category as dodgy apps?

JDPower

grayme-m wrote: »

I'm challenging this exact point, would you really put a phone provider in the same risk category as dodgy apps?

No, but an ad agency (which is where these ads are coming from, not Ovivo) I would. After all, where do you think dodgy ads come from 99% of the time.

grayme-m

JDPower wrote: »

No, but an ad agency (which is where these ads are coming from, not Ovivo) I would. After all, where do you think dodgy ads come from 99% of the time.

Dodgy apps...

JDPower

grayme-m wrote: »

Dodgy apps...

Yes, which often come from dodgy ADS, which is what was being discussed.

Doc_N

Silk wrote: »

Why not, whats the problem with them ?

I've been with them for almost 2 years, as has my Mother and never had a spam text or email through them so don't see why it would be a problem.

Who knows? It's just that a little-known, newish company, with hardly any track record now has access to all your phone calls, emails, internet usage etc etc etc.


I just have a nagging doubt about that at the back of my mind. If a company the size of Google with a catchline of 'Don't be evil' can't be trusted (and it's proved conclusively that it can't) why should be place much trust in Ovivo?

grayme-m

JDPower wrote: »

Yes, which often come from dodgy ADS, which is what was being discussed.

Maybe you and I frequent different websites. :rotfl:

Personally I don't see any more risk with Ovivo than T Mobile et al.

JDPower

grayme-m wrote: »

Maybe you and I frequent different websites. :rotfl:

Personally I don't see any more risk with Ovivo than T Mobile et al.

Which was exactly my original point - Ovivo ads are no more risky than web ads, and probably less so as they're so obvious.

Oh and I've never got anything dodgy from an ad, but have fixed plenty of computers from people with the line "All I did was click on such and such" (And I know malware on mobiles hasn't quite caught up to PC levels yet but it's catching up quick and that false sense of security is one of the biggest risks IMO with people not worrying or thinking about what they click on)

Silk

Doc_N wrote: »

Who knows? It's just that a little-known, newish company, with hardly any track record now has access to all your phone calls, emails, internet usage etc etc etc.


I just have a nagging doubt about that at the back of my mind. If a company the size of Google with a catchline of 'Don't be evil' can't be trusted (and it's proved conclusively that it can't) why should be place much trust in Ovivo?

So because they are new with no track record they are dodgy :rotfl:
Like I said I've been with them almost 2 years I think if there was anything dodgy they would have shown their hand by now. How many years is it before we can trust them ???