2Degrees tool box android market

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Nicolas

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#89859 9-Sep-2011 15:07

Hi,

I just found about 2 degrees toolbox on the market. it looks really nice and useful. My only concern is it is asking me for my password and phone number.

I mean, I don't know the developper, don't know who he is, what he does and I don't feel really safe giving away my password to a non-official app.

Has anyone had any issue with this app? Do you feel safe using it?

Why is 2degrees not implementing their own app?? That shouldn't be very hard...

link to the app: https://market.android.com/details?id=biz.shadowservices.DegreesToolbox

2degreesCare

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#519041 9-Sep-2011 15:10

This isn't an official app by us. Please watch this space re our own app.

^POB

JoshWright

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#519100 9-Sep-2011 18:35

2DegreesCare: This isn't an official app by us. Please watch this space re our own app.

^POB

Cough! iPhone Cough!

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#519106 9-Sep-2011 18:47

Never had any issues using the Widget/App

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#519108 9-Sep-2011 18:50

JoshWright:
2DegreesCare: This isn't an official app by us. Please watch this space re our own app.

^POB

Cough! iPhone Cough!

2degrees only sell phone with android or symbian.

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#519112 9-Sep-2011 19:13

If I remember rightly it was made by a geekzoner, cant recall though. For what its worth, nothing has been stolen from me and I have been using it for about 5 months.

Try Vultr using this link and get us both some credit:

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#519115 9-Sep-2011 19:22

That app is not the same as the one made by Winter. Winter's app is a widget only

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#519163 9-Sep-2011 23:03

Like any android App, its all about trust.

The app itself was not created by 2degrees. If you trust that the app developer isn't sending your details to another server, that is fine. However if it is, it isn't a 2degrees problem

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#519164 9-Sep-2011 23:08

I tried 2 2d widgets from the android market
both are fine

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vita

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#519505 11-Sep-2011 11:46

the toolbox is the one to go for (Free) and the developer does updates when there are plan changes on 2D side

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#522093 16-Sep-2011 18:04

I've had the toolbox on my android phone for six months with no issues; it seems like a really useful app

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#527997 1-Oct-2011 13:12

Hi - I'm the developer of the app. The only way I can get the information is by using your login details. If your worried, you can clone the source on github and build it yourself.

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#538544 28-Oct-2011 09:46

A fantastic app and my thanks to the author. This is an app that by rights 2degrees should have provided from the outset.

2degrees should give the author at least lifetime free data for the great tool he has provided.

Regards, John.