Pea pod exposed for theft of user privacy, mobile phone assistant software war broke out

The news of March 5, when the smart-phone product gala MWC in Barcelona, the domestic smartphone management software market has become restless.

Media sources reported that the domestic well-known Android phone management tools Pea pod suspected of theft of user privacy behavior. Wang Junyu, co-founder of the Pea Lab, said after knowing the event that pea pods collected only the number of data and did not collect the content itself.

The IT Business News Network has learned that pea pods are expanding rapidly in the Android smartphone management software market with the help of domestic smartphone user management and investor Lee's celebrity. According to its main developer, Wang Junyu, co-founder of the Pea Lab, said at a conference of Pea Pods 2.0 that the current installed capacity of pea pods has reached 25 million. But now it's time for the 25 million of users to play drums.

Pea pod in PR crisis privacy issues caught plait

Reporter learned that after the privacy issue was exposed, some pea-pod users commented on the incident via Weibo and media articles, some of whom decided not to use it, or told about their experience of unloading pea pods, but did not rule out continuing support for the software.

The Pea pod is the Innovation factory of Kai-Fu Lee

A senior mobile Internet Software evaluation editor said in an interview with the IT Business News network that the Pea pod might get a name for the software, but the pictures would not look at the content, and even if it was possible to view the content, the pea pod would not do it, such as uploading user's contact data, texting, etc.

As for whether the pea pod was actually read in the content, the editor indicated that it was also being tested in-house for technical testing results. "Domestic PC-side smartphone management tools in fact, the situation is basically the same, but now there is no certainty in the hands of a bad assertion." The editor finally said to the IT business News network reporter.

In addition, the Reporter in micro-blog comments that some netizens even for the same out of the innovation factory another product snack OS also have some criticism.

Weibo netizen @1024 The wrong person: I'm not saying that. The dim sum Os in the Innovation Factory can intercept sensitive information directly in the system, synchronize the user address Book and other information to their server and directly locate the user's location, you can say that cloud computing is user-friendly, I can think that using this thing I am likely to be caught.

The industry has mixed views on the possible impact of the incident on the number of pea-pod users.

Mobile2.0 Official micro-blog said, Pea pods, really not authentic. Steal privacy to steal Bai, but also blatantly in front of the media show off, get Heather. Unload It!

And the senior editors said, I think the impact is not, take me to my mobile phone does have privacy data, but not that very sensitive, even if it really took out to everyone to see also basically no effect, so I do not care too much.

Domestic mobile phone helper software Tangled up

It is understood that the current domestic mobile phone PC Client assistant software market has appeared a number of heavyweight players. Even including 360 Tencent and other Internet predators have also launched the corresponding products. and has always been concerned about the smartphone related information of other portal vertical forum sites, also showed the introduction of its own smartphone management terminal platform or similar software to participate in the competition intention.

But in the fierce competition in the players, the platform between the play is also in play.

June 2011, a media report said 91 mobile phone assistants and the domestic Android network Jifeng Network, in its forum for 91 mobile phone assistants rival pea pod product name shielding. The Android network responded to reports that the move was caused by ad-taped harassment, but the explanation was questioned by some netizens.

Pea Pod Installation Protocol screenshot

Reporter learned that the mobile phone assistant PC client software is more than the original mobile phone users to download and install. As a third party software installation auxiliary and mobile data management tool, because the handset manufacturer and the operating system manufacturer's ambiguous and the connivance attitude obtains the breeding environment, even includes Google Android, has publicly announced that allows the third party development and the modification existence, but the Apple iOS should be relatively slightly strict.

And as more and more regular channels of mobile phone users also began to choose to use such software, the original underground activities can be openly turned to the ground, nearly 2-3 years is the field of new competitors to enter the number of manufacturers increased the most time.