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KeePass Password Safe – Originally Published January 2014

August 27, 2014 Posted by Tiny

Some Lagniappe for You
By Tiny Ruisch

la·gniappe (lnyp, ln-yp)
n.  Chiefly Southern Louisiana & Mississippi
1.  A small gift presented by a store owner to a customer with the customer’s purchase.
2.  An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. Also called regionally boot.

This month, I thought I’d take a few minutes and revisit a program I told you about almost two years ago.  It’s the password program that I use every day when I’m computing.  KeePass Password Safe creates strong passwords and keeps them safe.

I use a lot of passwords in my daily computing.  As of this writing, I’ve got 63 e-mail addresses.  I have eighteen passwords that I use to manage them.  I frequent 7 different forums, each with separate password.  Then there are my gaming site passwords.  Five right now.  Did I forget to mention my military and medical passwords?  Eight of them.  Then there are on line shopping passwords and the most important one of all – the one that logs me into the SWLAPCUG web site.  I’ve got more than 50 passwords that I use fairly frequently.

The first week of every month, I change the passwords for websites that keep important data.  It seems that some company or government office is always being compromised and losing important data.  For most web sites, I use hard to break passwords.  Want to see one of my sample passwords?  1+;edYXEQ)-|gvUWxSOZ`B~4ym,x]~U|MV$Hpm&} is a password that I’ve used in the past to gain access to my military retired pay and allotment information.  As you can see, it would be pretty hard for anyone to guess what it is.

The program I use to manage all of those passwords is KeePass Password Safe.  It is a really easy to use utility that helps you to keep track of all your passwords while keeping them safe.  It lets you store all of your passwords in a lightweight, simple to use database that is encrypted so that only you can access it.

KeePass Password Safe stores all of your passwords in groups.  That makes it extremely easy to quickly find the one you want.  The program does more than just store the passwords; it also lets you easily copy them onto a Web page or an application.  You can drag and drop them, copy them to the clipboard, or copy them using a hot key.  A great feature that was added since my last review is “Perform Auto Type”.  This feature automatically fills in user names and passwords.

KeePass also features a plugin framework.  Plugins can provide additional functionality, like support of more file formats for import/export, network functionalities, backup features, etc.

One of the best features of KeePass is the random password generator which creates passwords with characteristics that you specify.  That way you can tailor your passwords as needed.  For example, some websites won’t let you create a password with underlines while others might require a specific password length.  KeePass makes it easy to create any password.

The program also includes support for TAN (Transactional Access Numbers) passwords and allows you to create TAN lists which automatically expire a password once it has been used . Other features include auto-lock, database search and import/export.  There are many more features.

Of Course, KeePass also fits in with one of my most demanding prerequisites.  The cost is Zero!  KeePass is open source.  You can read more about the program on the KeePass Password Safe Home Page.  Give it a try.  I don’t think that you’ll be disappointed.

If you like the program, just tell everyone that you’ve got a SWLAPCUG extra, a bonus perk; a little lagniappe.

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Google Nexus 7 Tablet – Originally Published September 2012

August 1, 2014 Posted by Tiny

A Pain in the Whatchamacallit
By Tiny Ruisch

Maybe I should start calling this column “Tales From the Dark Side”.  I’ve had my new toy for about three weeks now.  It’s the Google Nexus 7 tablet.  If I had to describe it with one word, I think I’d say fantastic.  I’d been thinking about replacing my Archos tablet with something more capable.  The Tech Guy, Leo LaPorte, convinced me to get this machine.

The Nexus 7 has a Quad-core Tegra 3 processor and the latest Android operating system, Jelly Bean (4.1).  It is really fast and smooth scrolling.  This is by far the best Android machine that I have seen.  The display is a 7 inch 1280×800 HD (216 ppi). It is gorgeous.

There is no 3G/4G installed.  For me, that is not a problem.  I didn’t have it on my old tablet and never missed it.  On the few occasions I was away from a network, I just tether to my cell phone if I need to access the Internet.  There is Wireless b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0.

It has a built in microphone which I have used quite a bit with Google Talk.  I’ve found myself searching for really stupid things just to see what the machine will find.  For instance, I often tell my Grandson that he is just a “silly goose”.  When I told the Nexus 7 to “find a silly goose”, I got driving instructions to the Silly Goose restaurant in Nashville, TN.

There isn’t a rear camera.  For me that isn’t a big thing.  I can’t think of a reason that I would ever use a tablet to take a picture.  I seldom take pictures with my Pocket PC.  Oops!  I meant to say telephone.  I used to say the same thing about front facing cameras, but I use the one on the Nexus 7 several times a day.  One of the features of Jelly Bean is taking a picture of yourself and then using the camera to wake the machine up from sleep mode.  The camera compares your face with the file picture.  If you look different, a pass code is needed to wake the machine up.  I haven’t been able to fool it yet.

Other features include a Near Field Communication technology, and Accelerometer, Global Positioning System, a Magnetometer and a Gyroscope.  The battery is a lithium ion 4325 mAh.  I haven’t yet got a recharge soon warning.  I wish I could say the same for my Android phone.

There are only two ports on this machine.  One is for a headphone jack.  The other is a mini USB (host) port, used for both charging and input/output.  I haven’t yet tested to see what USB peripherals can be used with the Nexus tablet.

All is not roses.  Almost every review you read lets us know that there isn’t an HDMI out port.  That doesn’t matter much to me.  I have a HDMI port on my other tablet.  I’ve used it exactly one time.  When I first got the machine, I plugged it in to see how the output looked on my television.  My old HTC phone had a HDMI out port too.  I used it two times.  I had tested it at home when I first got it.  The second time is when I demonstrated it on the big screen TV at one of the SIG computer meetings.  I think I’ll be able to cope without an HDMI port on the Nexus tablet.

There isn’t a Secure Digital expansion slot.  I purchased the 16 GB model, so I’m hoping that I won’t miss it.  I’ve never filled up the expansion data cards on either my phone or my Archos tablet.

I only have two real complaints about the Nexus tablet.  The on/off button is placed in a corner of the case and I am constantly accidentally bumping it and turning the machine off.  I also wish the speakers were a little louder.  I’m getting older and my hearing isn’t as good as it once was.  There is plenty of volume for me when I use headphones.

I like using Android 4.1 so much that I’ve decided not to get the Galaxy S4 III phone.  I’m going to save my upgrade for something with Jelly Bean.  Maybe I should send Microsoft a thank you note for dropping the ball on Windows Mobile and Windows Phone.  It got me to try Android and I’ll probably never go back.

If you’re in the market for a tablet PC, I highly recommend you check out the Galaxy Nexus 7.  By the way, it already passed the “drop” test twice for me.  I’d better hurry up and order a case for it.

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I’ve Joined the Darkside – Originally Published July 2012

July 31, 2014 Posted by Tiny

A Pain in the Whatchamacallit
By Tiny Ruisch

I’ve gone to the dark side.  I didn’t think it would ever happen, but I’m using an android phone.  OMG!  It’s worse than I thought.  I even called it a phone instead of a pocket computer.

I’ve carried a pocket PC since I bought my first IPAQ in 2002.  I just loved being able to carry my files, e-mail and to-do list with me everywhere.  It was so easy to sync with Outlook on my other computers.

In April 2010, I finally retired my IPAQ2495 and bought a HTC Touch Pro 2.  I think the people at the Sprint store thought I was a little crazy.  I was comparing the HTC to my IPAQ.  They just couldn’t understand that I wasn’t buying a phone.  I was buying a new pocket PC that happened to also be a telephone.

After a couple of months, I enjoyed using the Touch Pro 2 so much that I even used it to write this column for the newsletter.  It was a tough machine.  I estimate that I dropped it at least twenty or thirty times (including a few on concrete).  I might have been in the minority, but I liked Windows Mobile 6.  It was a reliable operating system that synced easily with Outlook.  I like Outlook.  It’s one of the few programs that I’ve actually purchased.

My TP2 finally gave up the ghost.  Naturally, I looked at replacing it with a Windows 7 cell phone.  Sprint had exactly two choices.  I didn’t much like either one.  I considered changing carriers, but I’ve got a pretty good reason for sticking with Sprint.

My grandson recently got an iPhone.  I activated his old phone, a Samsung Epic 4G.  My theory is that I can save my upgrade discount for a future Windows phone.  I’m not unfamiliar with the Android operating system.  I’ve used it on my tablet for a year or so.  My only problem with having Android in my pocket is that there isn’t a native synchronization with Outlook on my computer.

I finally slipped a little further into the dark void.  I almost gave up and went completely dark.  I gave some serious thought to abandoning Outlook and using Android PIM programs.  Then I could even stop telling people that the only software that I’ve spent money for is Outlook.

In the end, I actually purchased some software.  I got frustrated having to jump through several hoops to synchronize the darn thing with my computers.  Once again, I can just click one icon and have all of my data synced.

I wonder what my mobile future will be like.  Windows is going to have to get a manufacturer to make one heck of a phone to get me back.  Then they’ve got to get Sprint on board to sell it.  Then they have to get me to buy it.  That’s a pretty tall order.  They might have to get Bill Gates to come out of retirement and take over the company again.

My IPAQ is still somewhere in the junk box.  I sure miss it.

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Lose It! – Originally Published December 2013

July 29, 2014 Posted by Tiny

From the Dark Side
by Tiny Ruisch

In 2005, when I moved South to Louisiana, I weighed nearly half of a ton.  A year later, on September 28, 2006, I was diagnosed with diabetes witch turned out to be a good thing.  I started to watch what went into my mouth, lost more than 200 pounds and weighed about 240.  I’m not trying to brag because I gradually started to regain some pounds and went back up to 276, which I maintained for a year or so.  I finally decided that it was time to get serious again.  I’ve found a great Android application that has been a great diet assistant.

Lose It! helps you set a daily calorie budget, track your food and exercise, and stay motivated to make smarter choices and achieve your goal.  After you install the application, you need to input your age, gender, height, weight and an e‑mail address.  Then you need to decide on a goal weight and how much you would like to lose each week.  The program then generates a daily calorie goal and calculates how long it will take you to achieve your weight loss.

After setup is complete, opening the application shows a screen with five tabs.  The “My Day” tab shows your total calorie budget for the day, how many calories you’ve consumed and a chart showing how many grams of protein, carbohydrates and fat you’ve consumed.  There is also an over/under budget chart for the week.

The “Log” tab is where the strength of the program is.  In this section, you enter all of your consumed food and exercises.  You can enter foods by searching the database, scanning a bar code, selecting from your personal food list, copying a previous meal or entering a recipe.  The food list is extensive and includes almost all of the restaurant chains.  So far, I haven’t found any foods not in the database.  Foods that you have previously consumed are saved in your “My Foods” list.  This makes them a lot easier to find the next time.  This is also the section where you record exercises.  When you enter an exercise, the total calories burned is added to your daily budget.  The more you exercise, the more you can chew and still lose those extra pounds.  As with the foods, there is an extensive data base that includes some obscure activities such as croquet, curling, juggling and many more.  Activities are saved in your “My Exercises” data base for easy retrieval.  If you like to do something like doing jumping jacks while roller skating, you can create a custom exercise.

The “Motivate” tab is mostly for social networking.  Here you can create and accept challenges, post to Facebook, etc.  I haven’t used this feature.

The “Goals” tab is where you can view charts and other information about your diet plan.

Finally, the “More” tab is where you set your application preferences, manage you Lose It! Account and access premium features.  Although some of these are tempting, I don’t think I’ll be signing up because of the cost of $39.99 annually.  Some of the tempting premium items are tracking blood glucose, blood pressure, nutritional data, connecting to monitoring devices and much more.  I’ve found that the free app is good enough for me.

If you want to lose a few pounds or are are just interested in tracking your calories, I recommend you give this program a try.  You can find more information on the Lose It! Website. Download Lose It! From the Google Play Store.

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Kingsoft Office – Originally Published August 2013

July 29, 2014 Posted by Tiny

From the Dark Side
by Tiny Ruisch

I’ve finally decided which office suite to use on my android devices.  My requirements are probably a little different than most users.  On my phone, I mostly use a half dozen different spreadsheets to track my medical data.  On my tablet, I usually connect my portable keyboard to write newsletter articles, etc.  Over the last year and a half or so, I’ve tried all of the major suites in the Google Play Store.  All of them work fairly well, but each has its own idiosyncrasies.  Kingsoft Office for Android is an office suite that is free.  Unlike many other suites, there is no paid version with extra features.

The Kingsoft suite has five modules: a widget, Writer for Android, Spreadsheets for Android, Presentation for Android and a file manager.  The interface is easy to use.  Files are previewed in a large, sliding thumbnail window.  I have found this to be much more efficient than a file list which my clumsy fingers seem to always touch the wrong file.  More that twenty file formats can be imported.  Output file formats are: Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint 97 to 2010 formats: .doc, .docx, .txt, .xls, .xlsx, .pptx and .pdf.

Working on documents isn’t difficult at all, as long as you are comfortable with typing on a touch interface.  When I attach my Bluetooth keyboard, it is even more simple, almost like using a laptop computer.  All the options like save, edit, layout etc. are easily accessible from the toolbar at the top.  Underneath it, you will find all the sub-options on a horizontal ribbon.  When working on a document, a long press on any part of the text will open a pop-up window with options to cut, copy, select, share etc.  Other options include the ability to add images, font size, header/footer, encrypt files, copy/paste, add comments etc.

Working on spreadsheets is also easy.  Formulas are supported, as well as options like wrap text, freeze panes, sort, add charts, auto shapes etc.  The touch interface is a little difficult to learn but is easy to use once you’ve done so.  As with the writer module, connecting a keyboard will make it a breeze.

I have not used the presentation module enough to know how well it works.  It is compatible with power point files.  My only complaint about Kingsoft Office for Android is that it doesn’t support RTF (rich text format) and ODT (Libre Office) files.  For my mobile files, I usually save as either text or word and then do my final edit on either my laptop or desktop.

There are many more features I did not mention in this short review.  One is support for cloud services.  You can learn more at the Kingsoft Store.  The suite is available for download from the Google Play Store.  Give it a try and post your thoughts on the club website.

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Paint.net – Originally Published November 2013

July 27, 2014 Posted by Tiny

Some Lagniappe for You
By Tiny Ruisch

la·gniappe (lnyp, ln-yp)
n. Chiefly Southern Louisiana & Mississippi
1. A small gift presented by a store owner to a customer with the customer’s purchase.
2. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. Also called regionally boot.

Usually, when I take photographs, my procedure is to take about twenty of them at a time.  I figure that I should get one good picture out of that many.  On those rare occasions that I don’t get a keeper, I just edit it like it was a shark jumping at a helicopter.  The program that I use most often for editing is Paint.NET, an open-source, free photo editing software program.  It was originally created as a student project in 2004, funded by Microsoft.  It was designed to replace Microsoft Paint, which was included in Windows.

Paint.NET has many advanced features which include blurring, sharpening, the Magic Wand which allows for the selecting of regions of similar color and the Clone Stamp which is used for copying or erasing portions of an image.

Layers are another great feature of Paint.Net.  They allow you to add a layer on top of the background that not only allows you to add new items on top of others, but to edit them independently of the other layers.

The program has a large number of special effects.  These allow you to alter the appearance of your image.  You can use blurs, sepia toning, color level altering, ink sketch transformations, anti red-eye, distortions such as bulging, denting and pixelation.  The software has a huge following of users that are constantly creating and sharing other special effects and plug-ins.

Another great feature is unlimited undo history.  You can make as many changes as want.  If they don’t look good, just undo and do over as often as you like.

There is also an active online community and forum.  They will give you any extra help that you might need.  You can also find several tutorials and guides.

Did I mention Paint.NETs best feature is the cost?  The price is free, although the author will accept any donations.  Give it a try.  You might like it.  You can download Paint.NET here.

If you like the program, just tell everyone that you’ve got a SWLAPCUG extra, bonus perk; a little lagniappe.

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DesktopOK – Originally Published September 2013

July 27, 2014 Posted by Tiny

Some Lagniappe for You
By Tiny Ruisch

la·gniappe (lnyp, ln-yp)
n. Chiefly Southern Louisiana & Mississippi
1. A small gift presented by a store owner to a customer with the customer’s purchase.
2. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. Also called regionally boot.

Right now I’m sitting in front of my desktop computer writing this article for the newsletter.  At the same time, I’m using my machine to watch a full screen movie.  I’m also playing a Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournament.  I’m also copying some files to  one of my portable machines.  Using more than one monitor makes it a lot easier to do.

One of the bad things about using more than one monitor is also one of my general Windows annoyances.  Sometimes when you temporarily change screen resolution or crash your system, you lose your carefully arranged icon layout on your desktop.  It’s especially aggravating when you get used to clicking on an icon that is always in the same place.  If your screen layout changes after a computer crash, it becomes real easy to accidentally launch the wrong program.

A program that comes to the rescue is DesktopOK, a basic, compact program that lets you save and restore the positions of your desktop icons.  It’s nothing fancy, but if you frequently end up with a desktop full of scrambled icons, this program will be a lifesaver.  This freeware program lets you save and restore icon layouts.  Simply set your icons the way you like them and save the layout.  Just restore it later when they become jumbled.

You’re not limited to one layout.  You can save as many as you want, which is handy if you have more than one user.  There are several save options.  You can enable auto saving at various intervals or when Windows is shut down.

DesktopOK does not have to be installed and can be executed easily from the desktop, a flash drive or any other memory device.  Give it a try. I think you’ll like it.  You can find more information or download the program from the authors website.

If you like the program, just tell everyone that you’ve got a SWLAPCUG extra, bonus perk; a little lagniappe.

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File Menu Tools – Originally Published June 2013

July 27, 2014 Posted by Tiny

Some Lagniappe for You
By Tiny Ruisch

la·gniappe (lnyp, ln-yp)
n. Chiefly Southern Louisiana & Mississippi
1. A small gift presented by a storeowner to a customer with the customer’s purchase.
2. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. Also called regionally boot.

There is a really efficient utility program that I’ve been using for several years now.  FileMenu Tools lets you customize the right click menu of Windows Explorer.  The program adds utilities to perform operations on files and folders and adds customized commands that let you run external applications, copy or move to a specific folder or delete specific file types.

With the built in commands you can:
Run With Parameters – Runs a program with parameters that you input in a dialog box.
Command Line From Here – Opens a command line window.
Copy/Move – No need to cut and paste. You can also use filters in your file selection.
Duplicate Files – Make a copy in the same folder.
Pack to Folder – Moves all the selected elements to new subfolder in the current folder.
Copy Path/Name/Content – Copies the selected item(s) to the clipboard.
Attributes – You can view and change them without opening a properties dialog box.
Find and Replace – Lets you find or replace a text for all the files in a selected folder.
Advanced Rename – With lots of options.
Change Icon – Quickly and easily change folder options.
Advanced Delete – lets you delete specific file types in a folder.
Synchronize Two Folders – Lets you synchronize two folders quickly and easily.
Shred Files – Overwrites several times so it is impossible to recover the file in the future.
Send to Mail Recipient – Lets you send an e-mail with selected elements as attachments.

These are about half of the FileMenu commands you can select from.  In the configuration menu, a simple check box will turn off the commands you don’t want to appear when you right click.  If you can’t find the FileMenu function you need, you can add a customized command to run external applications, copy/move to a specific folder or delete specific file types.

FileMenu Tools lets you configure the “Send to” sub-menu.  You can add new items, change the properties of the existing items or delete them.  You also can disable existing “Send to” items in order to hide them from the menu.

FileMenu Tools will also let you enable/disable the commands which are added to the context menu of the Windows Explorer by other programs.  This is the only function that is not one hundred percent reliable.  When it works, it works well, but it doesn‘t catch all of the programs that add to your right click.

Download FileMenu Tools from the developers website.  Give this program a test.  I’m pretty sure that you’ll like it.  FileMenu Tools is a 7.6 MB download and runs on all Windows platforms.  Did I mention the price?  This program is freeware and costs nothing.  While you’re on the Lopesoft website, you can also download and try LopeEdit Lite.  If you do, you’ll probably never use Windows Notepad again.

If you like the program, just tell everyone that you’ve got a SWLAPCUG extra, bonus perk; a little lagniappe.

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KeyPass Password Safe – Originally Published May 2013

July 27, 2014 Posted by Tiny

Some Lagniappe for You
By Tiny Ruisch

la·gniappe (lnyp, ln-yp)
n. Chiefly Southern Louisiana & Mississippi
1. A small gift presented by a store owner to a customer with the customer’s purchase.
2. An extra or unexpected gift or benefit. Also called regionally boot.

I have written about passwords several times, but I thought I’d take a few minutes and tell you about the Password Program that I use every day when I’m computing.  I did a Google Search for “password manager“ and got 5,260,000 results.  I‘ve carefully researched all of them except for the last four million or so.

I use a lot of passwords in my daily computing.  As of this writing, I’ve got 63 e-mail addresses.  I have eighteen passwords that I use to manage them.  I frequent 7 different forums, each with separate password.  Then there are my gaming site passwords.  Five right now.  Did forget to mention my military and medical passwords?  Eight of them.  Then there is on line shopping passwords and the most important one of all – the one that logs me into the SWLACUG web site.  I’ve got more than 50 passwords that I use fairly frequently.

The first week of every month, I change the passwords for websites that keep important data.  It seems that some company or government office is always being compromised and losing important data.  For most web sites, I use hard to break passwords.  Want to see one of my sample passwords? qyF+,CMqaF;+@x!,SdqyF+,CMqaF;+@x!,Sd is a password that used to open my web site for editing.

The program I use to manage all of those passwords is KeePass Password Safe.  It is a really easy to use utility that helps you to keep track of all your passwords while keeping them safe.  It lets you store all of your passwords in a lightweight, simple to use database that is encrypted so that only you can access it.

KeePass Password Safe stores all of your passwords in groups.  That makes it extremely easy to quickly find the one you want.  The program does more than just store the passwords; it also lets you easily copy them onto a Web page or an application.  You can drag and drop them, copy them to the clipboard, or copy them using a hot key.

One of the best features of KeePass is the random password generator which creates passwords with characteristics that you specify.  That way you can tailor your passwords as needed.  For example, some websites won’t let you create a password with underlines while others might require a specific password length.  KeePass makes it easy to create any password.

The program also includes support for TAN (Transactional Access Numbers) passwords and allows you to create TAN lists which automatically expire a password once it has been used.  Other features include auto-lock, database search, import/export.  There are many more features.

Of Course, KeePass also fits in with one of my most demanding prerequisites.  The cost is Zero!  KeePass is open source, which means that there have been a lot of plug-ins developed.  You can read more about the program on the KeePass Password Safe Home Page.  Give it a try. I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.

If you like the program, just tell everyone that you’ve got a SWLAPCUG extra, bonus perk; a little lagniappe.

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Clueful for Android – Originally Published June 2013

July 26, 2014 Posted by Tiny

From the Dark Side
by Tiny Ruisch

I’ve written before about one of the real pains of using the Android operating system on your pocket computer.  When you install or update an application, it is important that you check the permissions to make sure the application doesn’t do anything that might be nasty.

I’ve found a 1.6 mg application that will help you monitor the software installed on your device.  The Clueful Privacy Advisor is a free program from Bitdefender.  It monitors all of your installed applications and gives you detailed information about what they do in the background.  Other apps of this type that I looked at usually just check and give you a list of permissions for your installed software.

Clueful goes a step further and reports on what your applications are actually doing.  It does this by keeping a database of apps on a remote server and examining the apps on your device.  It then calculates a precise and personal overview of how vulnerable you are.  You can evaluate and take appropriate actions for each installed app.

Whenever you download a new application from the Play Store, you get your normal notification that it was successfully installed.  You also get a notification from Clueful letting you know of any risks in using your new application.

On an interesting side note, the iOS App Store has removed Clueful Privacy Advisor.  Many tech bloggers have speculated that this was done because the program was too good at identifying applications with privacy problems.  I’ll not give my opinion.  Instead I’ll just suggest you do an internet search and decide for yourself.

Here is one interesting (at least I thought it was) user comment I copied from the Google Play Store User Reviews Section:

Reviewer – It reports their own anti-virus tool in the “slightly dodgy” section 🙂
Bitdefender replied on May 22, 2013
We consider it’s only fair to our users to give clues about all installed apps with no exception!  Some apps have legitimate reasons to access your data in order to run properly.  It’s up to you to decide if a certain app represents a privacy threat for you.

You can download the Clueful Privacy Advisor from the Google Play Store. Give it a try. The price is free.

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