[vi-android] Re: couple more questions about my new phone
- From: Aaron Linson <blindgeek1989@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2014 12:32:49 -0400
Always check what permissions the phone wants. Most apps for the Blind if
not all on Android don't come with viruses. No app from Google play does.
Thanks,
Aaron Linson
blindpodcaster.com
Being Confident in Your Ability, not Your Disability
On May 30, 2014 10:24 AM, "Ervin, Glenn" <glenn.ervin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am new to Android, I also use an iPhone, and haven’t gotten my Android
> phone going yet, but I have read a lot about some apps coming with viruses,
> so it may not be related to a web site.
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> Glenn
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> *From:* vi-android-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> vi-android-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Gmail
> *Sent:* Friday, May 30, 2014 9:18 AM
> *To:* vi-android@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [vi-android] Re: couple more questions about my new phone
> *Importance:* High
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> You don’t need a virus or malware app, they just suck battery and don’t
> really work. If your not stupid and don’t get on sites that are malware
> linked then you’ll be just fine.
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> Thanks,
> Aaron Linson
> Indescribable Studios <http://blindpodcaster.com>
> Being Confident in your ability, not your disability
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> On May 30, 2014, at 10:04 AM, Brendon Donohue <brendoncdonohue@xxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> Troy,
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> I would strongly urge you to install an ante virus program on your phone.
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> Thank you.
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> Brendon Donohue.
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> *From:* vi-android-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [
> mailto:vi-android-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <vi-android-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On
> Behalf Of *Troy Burnham
> *Sent:* Friday, 30 May 2014 1:26 PM
> *To:* VI-Android List
> *Subject:* [vi-android] couple more questions about my new phone
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> Hi All,
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> First of all, will I need to have some sort of virus or malware protection
> on my phone since I will be online with it, and if so can I use the same
> things I use on my computers which is malware bytes pro and AVG?
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> I understand that there's at least one app that can be used as a bar code
> reader, but if I want to identify a product do I need to take a picture
> with the bar code facing the phone so the app can identify it or does it
> not matter as long as the product I'm identifying is in the picture?
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> Thanks.
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> Troy
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