Can you stop apps from feeding back info on your phone?

[Guest rwalton159]

When you install an app you usually have to allow it access to your contacts and alsorts of stuff.

Is there a way of stopping the apps from sending back info to the software creator / app owner?

Thanks

Richard

[Guest flshg]

Two options that I know of are to use LBE security privacy (market), and pdroid (xda-developers and market). Both work in slightly different ways but can be used together. Both are root apps.

LBE runs as a service and lets you choose to allow or disallow an app from accessing contacts, sim info, imei, internet etc.

pdroid is a mod to your rom, together with an app allows control of imei, sim info, contacts etc.

LBE is easier to set up, pdroid is more robust.

edit: actually I think pdroid doesnt use root access, but since its a mod to the rom it has root-like access anyway

edit: *LBE privacy guard (well spotted aaujt74)

Edited February 24, 2012 by flshg

[Guest rwalton159]

Many thanks for your help :D

[Guest Davidoff59]

I use LBE great app

[Guest aaujt74]

LBE Privacy Guard

[Guest targetbsp]

CM7 has built in functionality for doing that too should be using that rom.

[Guest rwalton159]

CM7 has built in functionality for doing that too should be using that rom.

I'm using Swedish-Snow-RLS4b :)

[Guest Davidoff59]

so which app did u go for?

[Guest rwalton159]

so which app did u go for?

Tried LBE but found it was blocking sms ??

I'm waiting for a stable ICS to flash to and will then relook at LBE or another :)

[Guest flshg]

At least you know that its working. You have to set LBE to allow sms sending for the app in question.