It's not really necessary to have a third-party app installed, you can wipe your app caches by going into your phone's Settings >> Storage.Plz advice me other app cache cleaner thnx
You particularly don't need Clean Master, or any other Cheetah Mobile app. They make their money from the data on your phone, and even if you don't care about that yourself consider how many other people's contacts you have on your phone.
Really, I use CM security and it has protected me multiple times
Really, I use CM security and it has protected me multiple times
You probably want to stop doing what you're doing at this point and read the privacy policy that you've agreed to....
Done that, nothing I havent agreed to before and nothing you haven't agreed to just by turning on a android phone
Its completely your choice...if you're happy with that fine... Just in case you skipped over it and didn't read it all (like many people do)
I. SENSITIVE INFORMATION
We ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive Personal Information (e.g., information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, sexual orientation, criminal background or membership in past organizations, including trade union memberships) on or through an Application.
Oh, and just because you read it yesterday... that doesn't count
K. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We reserve the right, at our sole discretion, to change, modify or otherwise alter this Policy at any time. You can always check the latest version of our Privacy Policy at http://www.cmcm.com/privacy.html. You must review this Policy on a regular basis to keep yourself apprised of any changes. If you do not agree to any modifications to this Policy, your sole recourse is to immediately stop all use of all Applications, the Services and the Site.
Oh look, the full quote
"We ask that you not send us, and you not disclose, any sensitive Personal Information (e.g., information related to racial or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or other beliefs, health, sexual orientation, criminal background or membership in past organizations, including trade union memberships) on or through an Application, the Services or the Site or otherwise to us."
By an application they mean thier applications, they are asking people not to send THEM personal Information
It means you really need to be careful about how you use your device if their software is installed on it.
This app has access to:
Device & app history
Identity
- retrieve running apps
- read sensitive log data
- read your Web bookmarks and history
Contacts
- find accounts on the device
Phone
- find accounts on the device
Photos / Media / Files
- read phone status and identity
Storage
- access USB storage filesystem
- read the contents of your USB storage
- modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Camera
- read the contents of your USB storage
- modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
Wi-Fi connection information
- take pictures and videos
Device ID & call information
- view Wi-Fi connections
Other
- read phone status and identity
- update component usage statistics
- close other apps
- read Home settings and shortcuts
- write Home settings and shortcuts
- read Home settings and shortcuts
- write Home settings and shortcuts
- receive data from Internet
- view network connections
- read battery statistics
- send sticky broadcast
- change network connectivity
- connect and disconnect from Wi-Fi
- delete all app cache data
- expand/collapse status bar
- measure app storage space
- full network access
- change your audio settings
- draw over other apps
- control vibration
- prevent device from sleeping
- modify system settings
- set an alarm
- write web bookmarks and history
- install shortcuts
- uninstall shortcuts
That was the full quote I quoted...
If you read the whole thing, you can see what you can get using 'an application'
If as you say its a mistyping, I'm sure they'll get round to fixing it if you let them know.
https://adexchanger.com/mobile/cheetah-mobile-hunts-its-next-prey-mobile-monetization/
If you ask Cheetah CMO Xinhua Liu what Cheetah is, Liu – who quips that the “M” in his CMO title also stands for “monetization” – will say, “We are a data company.”
And that’s because the Cheetah gathers quite a lot of data on its users, everything from device ID, language, how often an app is being used, at what time of day it’s being used and when an app is uninstalled.
Some of Cheetah’s own apps seem built for data collection. Take Clean Master, Cheetah’s antivirus and Android optimizer. Its sole purpose is to scan all of the apps on a user’s phone with the goal of improving speed and performance.
“We are able to know which apps a user is interested in and that allows us to precisely target advertisements to those users,” said Ming.
Yes CC Cleaner and Avast, I used those software since their very first versions, never heard bad news about them.I think this is a pretty safe bet, I use it on my phone and it's been around for Windows PC for years and I've never had a problem with it there either!
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.piriform.ccleaner&hl=en
Hello and ni hao 你好Alright. So maybe they do?
Should I be worried?. God knows my OCD would love that. I cant be bothered worrying over what a app I trust collects, if I didnt trust the app sure. And hey, I use a Huawei, they collect just about as much just from using thier phone. Infact google has all of those permissions and more, heck google even has google ads, which earn them money and collects data, should i block google?
It means you really need to be careful about how you use your device if their software is installed on it.
But hey.. If you (or anyone else) trusts them to have all of this access, thats your personal choice
This app has access to:
Device & app history
Camera
- take pictures and videos
Is that permission required for Clean Master to take pictures and videos of its users, and then send them(phone home) to the Cheetah Mobile servers in Beijing and Guangzhou?
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