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About SpyAware Privacy Defender
SPYAWARE SPIES ON THE APPS THAT SPY ON YOU.
To see the violators, SpyAware must be installed for 24 hours.
SpyAware is different:
SpyAware anti-data piracy software monitors your apps in real time and shows you what they do, as they do it.
All smartphones leak data without notifying you. Most of the time it is not a big deal but sometimes it is. Without SpyAware notifying you of potentially dangerous data piracy how would you know?
With SpyAware, you always know which apps are transmitting your data, how much data they are taking, and where the data is being sent. SpyAware is the best app for spying on the apps that spy on you without your knowledge like Facebook, Google, and many more.
SpyAware makes you more aware of your privacy and sheds light on the commonly-used, Wild West mobile data mining practices of most mobile apps today, including sweeping up data from a cell phone without your knowledge.
Give us 24 hours, and SpyAware will start telling you Who, What, Where, and When data is being pirated from your phone through the apps that you downloaded, those that came with your phone, or even a hacker.
It also gives you the ability to control some elements of data mining and join with others to protest unconstrained and unseen data piracy.
KEY FEATURES:
• Get a complete map of all of the locations to which your data was sent, whether to a server in your country or a distant server outside of it. Clicking a data point lets you see which apps sent information to that server.
• Receive reports of what apps have done with your data. See which apps are taking the most data and filter by different types of activities.
• Get notifications when an app takes a large amount of data, uses your location, or otherwise becomes unusually active, including if an app is uploading an unusual amount of data while your phone is idle.
• Take action if an app is behaving badly. We’ve even made it easy to report violators to the FCC, but also ask you to help quickly spread news of data violations across social media channels to drive public awareness and pressure apps to change their policies.
You can also write evidence-based app reviews of privacy violations in Google Play. If no one listens, perhaps they’ll start listening when you delete the app from your phone until your concerns are addressed!
• Know when apps are requesting a high number of intrusive permissions.
SpyAware is brought to you by Privacy Sentry. Believing that data captured or generated by your mobile device should belong to you and you should control IF and WHEN that data is shared and with whom, Privacy Sentry is on a mission to reveal the hidden activities of mobile devices, give you control over your private information, and ultimately allows you to dictate the terms of data sharing.
WHAT'S NEW IN 1.5:
• It’s FREE! We figured out a way to make SpyAware free and have removed all pay-walls and in-app billing. If you’ve paid, let us pay you back. PLEASE email us through our web site athttp://spyaware.be. We have no other way to notify you, so please reach out!
• New data summary map that allows you to quickly see what apps send data to which regions
• New Live Notifications can now notify you of specific threats for your apps/device based off of data from the SpyAware Cloud.
• New connection type classifier attempts to determine connection types (IE CDN, Cloud, Social Network, etc)
• New UI to easily investigate/browse the hosts that data is being sent to by each app.
• Fixes and performance tuning.
Thank you for your feedback! Please visit our website for a complete FAQ or connect with us on social media and we’d be happy to answer any questions.
To see the violators, SpyAware must be installed for 24 hours.
SpyAware is different:
SpyAware anti-data piracy software monitors your apps in real time and shows you what they do, as they do it.
All smartphones leak data without notifying you. Most of the time it is not a big deal but sometimes it is. Without SpyAware notifying you of potentially dangerous data piracy how would you know?
With SpyAware, you always know which apps are transmitting your data, how much data they are taking, and where the data is being sent. SpyAware is the best app for spying on the apps that spy on you without your knowledge like Facebook, Google, and many more.
SpyAware makes you more aware of your privacy and sheds light on the commonly-used, Wild West mobile data mining practices of most mobile apps today, including sweeping up data from a cell phone without your knowledge.
Give us 24 hours, and SpyAware will start telling you Who, What, Where, and When data is being pirated from your phone through the apps that you downloaded, those that came with your phone, or even a hacker.
It also gives you the ability to control some elements of data mining and join with others to protest unconstrained and unseen data piracy.
KEY FEATURES:
• Get a complete map of all of the locations to which your data was sent, whether to a server in your country or a distant server outside of it. Clicking a data point lets you see which apps sent information to that server.
• Receive reports of what apps have done with your data. See which apps are taking the most data and filter by different types of activities.
• Get notifications when an app takes a large amount of data, uses your location, or otherwise becomes unusually active, including if an app is uploading an unusual amount of data while your phone is idle.
• Take action if an app is behaving badly. We’ve even made it easy to report violators to the FCC, but also ask you to help quickly spread news of data violations across social media channels to drive public awareness and pressure apps to change their policies.
You can also write evidence-based app reviews of privacy violations in Google Play. If no one listens, perhaps they’ll start listening when you delete the app from your phone until your concerns are addressed!
• Know when apps are requesting a high number of intrusive permissions.
SpyAware is brought to you by Privacy Sentry. Believing that data captured or generated by your mobile device should belong to you and you should control IF and WHEN that data is shared and with whom, Privacy Sentry is on a mission to reveal the hidden activities of mobile devices, give you control over your private information, and ultimately allows you to dictate the terms of data sharing.
WHAT'S NEW IN 1.5:
• It’s FREE! We figured out a way to make SpyAware free and have removed all pay-walls and in-app billing. If you’ve paid, let us pay you back. PLEASE email us through our web site athttp://spyaware.be. We have no other way to notify you, so please reach out!
• New data summary map that allows you to quickly see what apps send data to which regions
• New Live Notifications can now notify you of specific threats for your apps/device based off of data from the SpyAware Cloud.
• New connection type classifier attempts to determine connection types (IE CDN, Cloud, Social Network, etc)
• New UI to easily investigate/browse the hosts that data is being sent to by each app.
• Fixes and performance tuning.
Thank you for your feedback! Please visit our website for a complete FAQ or connect with us on social media and we’d be happy to answer any questions.
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Version update SpyAware Privacy Defender was updated to version 1.7.0
More downloads SpyAware Privacy Defender reached 5 000 - 10 000 downloads
Version update SpyAware Privacy Defender was updated to version 1.5.0
Name changed Name changed! SpyAware Mobile Security now is known as SpyAware Privacy Defender.
What are users saying about SpyAware Privacy Defender
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This app hasnt been updated in some time. Ive had it installed for over a week and it doesnt even work. Heck, it doent even stay running in the background. Dont install this app, it doesnt work.
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It's a unique app but it absolutely destroys your battery life. For this reason, I have no option but to uninstall until this is improved.
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I didn't know just how much data some of my apps were taking. It was shocking to see where in the world my data was being sent. This information caused me to remove several apps.
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You need to pay after downloading!!! Look at your score "Location Sentry LLC" people don't like your marketing strategy!
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In real time, where your data is going, what it includes & how, if at all, it affects you. Awesome.
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contacted back, fixing in progress
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I'm giving it 5 stars I'm half of the reviews I've already read
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Until I root my phone (very soon) this lets me see what apps are doing even when I haven't opened them or used them (some of them have never been used, yet still send/receive info, etc.) I like it. Good work and kudos to your handling of people's problem with test driving it. . ;)
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Have to pay to get info on apps
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$2.99?? Why?
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It would be a great app if it actually worked for longer than 30 mins then it crashes and stops working then i delete and re-install and same thing fix this and 5 star
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The only thing that uses more battery is my screen.
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All I can say is "Nice!" SpyAware has set the standard for privacy on the Android platform. You can see what applications are sending what and where. After using this for only 24 hours I found a few "misbehaving" applications that were promptly uninstalled. If you're looking for a simple solution to keep your applications in check: look no further! Excited for the upcoming features!
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This is a great app! I love having SpyAware notify and protect me from unwanted data piracy. I love being able to see which apps are stealing my data and where they are sending it.
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I find this application incredibly useful for understanding where my applications are sending data geographically, and the quantity of data that is being sent by applications, as well as for quickly reviewing all of the permissions of the apps on my phone in the context of how much they are being used (or abused). When I notice an application sending data internationally, for instance, and there's no possibly good reason for it, I uninstall it. This application stays there and gives you mobile threat intelligence on a regular basis. It's almost a public service. Thank you Location Sentry!!
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Kind of amazing (and scary) what seemingly benign apps are collecting. Great tool to make you aware and informed.
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In real time, where your data is going, what it includes & how, if at all, it affects you. Awesome.
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Purchased this app , cause I really wanted to know what apps does with data, Alas, this App just inform you some app stole your data but which data is transferred is kept 'secret' !
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Incredible! Best app I've found.
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Nice to be able to focus on the worse violators vs. smaller threats.
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You wanted an app with its core functionality stripped from an app so it had bugs, pay walls before you use the apps core functionality, and parts blatantly missing. This app smells like something: ubisoft.
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$2.99?? Why?
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I view this more as a piece of scareware than having any real security value. Sure, its nice, to know that my Google contacts are being synced to Norway, but honestly, why is that a critical issue? It's not, its how a distributed architecture works. Needs some significant improvement, and quite frankly I'm surprised this piece of garbage made it onto the Microsoft Security Slate at all.
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Spy aware takes so long to load could be robbing all data
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Installed this app after reading about it on Wired. Honestly feel kind of disappointed. This app doesn't reveal much besides what you already know. Basically summarizes all info and presents it to you in an easy to read format. Maybe in the future when more features are added, this app will become worth the money paid for it. The most interesting and useful parts are the map locations of IPs accessing your phone, and the ability to submit a complaint about each app using built in links.
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Until I root my phone (very soon) this lets me see what apps are doing even when I haven't opened them or used them (some of them have never been used, yet still send/receive info, etc.) I like it. Good work and kudos to your handling of people's problem with test driving it. . ;)
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Its frustrating that this was recommended by WIRED (what I thought was a trusted publication) - only to find that its not really doing much more than telling me what the apps themselves told me when I installed them. This simply reminds me that when I installed specific apps, and gave said apps permission to access things like my location, that they are doing what they said they would do: access things like my location. It doesnt allow you to even temporarily block these apps, instead it merely gives you the option to uninstall everything that might be sending/receiving data At this point, I guess I just dont even get what this app is good for other than remind me what I have already agreed to...oh, and taking my $3. Were it possible to get a refund, I'd gladly take one
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Free app? Nope just free to install and use resources. Then pay for each feature. False advertising. Avoid this app.
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You wanted an app with its core functionality stripped from an app so it had bugs, pay walls before you use the apps core functionality, and parts blatantly missing. This app smells like something: ubisoft.
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The app actually costs $2.99. After downloading you are presented with a seemingly worthless app. Clicking anything results in a paywall coming up. I paid in regrettably and was disappointed with the cost compared to what I got. There are better apps out there that do the same and more for rooted phones that are actually free. Not "free". This disappointed me considering I was happy to see the company is located in my home city of Vancouver, WA.
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by M####:
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I'd never pay for this before seeing any detail besides what can be seen in the settings app.... Pay walls everywhere. Garbage.
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by B####:
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Sorry, but I'm not paying $3 for an app I can't at least test drive first to see if it's worth buying.
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by N####:
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This is very eye opening, I had no idea some of these apps were accessing my location
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It is amazing to see what apps are accessing information on your phone and where the data is being sent around the globe. Privacy should be everyone's concern, especially on a global Internet. Great job, SpyAware.
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Hard to tell what this will do without buying it. The free version not very useful, and spending 3.00 to test it is expensive.
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Have to pay to get info on apps
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by T####:
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OH NO HE DI 'INT!!! You guys that are giving one stars mean you have to actually pay money to use a useful app that took someone time to make?? NO WAY! It's 3 bucks. Pay for it and get the full benefits. It's pretty cool.
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This app is just awesome!
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This app does nothing except want you to upgrade for $2.99...not me...good bye & yes you were rated a 1 because your so miserable leading
by R####:
It is excellent and quite unique. The only reason it is not getting all 5 stars is because lately it has crashed very often. Otherwise, I would gladly give it 10 stars were it possible. But I thank the developer for what his app does. Thanks again and please keep up the good work.