![]() ![]() The Backup tab allows one to schedule backups and restore from previous backups. The Security tab shows when last scans were run and, presumably, if anything was found of interest. The Dashboard gives an overview of what features you have enabled. ![]() It includes a fake picture of your phone model (a Droid-X in my case) along with your phone number (accessing phone ID data). Since I am not aware of any spyware, I have no way of knowing whether it did an adequate scan. Interesting and useful, but nothing all that new. For tracking, everything appeared normal expect NFS Shift which is a built-in Need For Speed racing game. The latter two show up due to in-app advertising. Under “identity” there were the usual suspects (Amazon, Facebook, Gmail, etc), but a few odd ones including Pandora and TipCalc. Of course the single app accessing messages is Lookout (told you it required access to everything). Clicking on the Dashboard breaks the applications down by category (tracking, ID, and messages). According to it, of the 189 applications 11 can locate me, 14 can read identity information (phone ID which is unchanging and unique to you … often used to send targeted advertising), and 1 can access messages. The Privacy Advisor, which is part of the premium version, is quite nice. Most of those are internal apps or app components, I suspect. In my case, it claims to have scanned “189 applications,” but I know I’ve only installed maybe a dozen apps. Scanning for malware was fairly quick (less than a minute), but will depend on how many apps you have installed. The initial screen is nice and easy to read. I accepted the trial, but removed all backup (call history and pictures) options leaving only the Privacy Advisor selected. It does come with a 30 day free Premium trial. Plus, I don’t care for lots of automated tasks running or battery drains. I did not enable backups and will not until I find out where and how they are stored. This isn’t too surprising, but a little disconcerting to read through. Installing requires access to most everything on your phone. They do have free and premium versions ($3 per month or $30 per year). The software also comes with anti-spyware scanning. It does not allow one can restrict access, but merely report on data access controls. Aside from the standard “where’s my phone” and remote wiping features, it apparently scans installed applications to determine what data they have access to. The software works on Android, Blackberry, and iPhone OSes. I recently ran across a flutter of tweets mentioning Lookout and decided to try it out today. ![]()
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