Posts by GeorgeOrr

Poor security and too much maintenance

There are a few reasons why I don't use my Acer Iconia Tab A100 too often. It came loaded with crapware that can't be uninstalled unless you root the tablet, thereby taking the chance of bricking it. Since I bought 100% of the tablet, I should be able to control 100% of what it does without having to be a Linux Admin.

The security is crap, too. I shouldn't have to divulge all of my personal information just to listen to the radio, for example. In order to get some basic security, I've had to, like I said, root the box, use Titanium backup to uninstall the crapware, shut off all of the location finders, install TOR (Orbot/Orweb) and shy away from apps that want to pry into every aspect of my personal information.

There was an article in El Reg yesterday that outlined some of these issues pretty well. As far as whether your running HC or ICS, there's really very little difference. Maybe the biggest difference is that TOR ran better on HC than it does on ICS, but even that upgrade was a pain. I had to restore HC to its unrooted state, do the upgarade, and reroot ICS. It just doesn't seem worth all the trouble for what it does.