Hey is this the official bitcointalk app or is it harmful to my device/account

[soos]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.elbandi.forum.bitcointalk just wanted to know if this app is official or at least safe 
Thanks for any replies

[Yakamoto]

Well apparently it works and isn't harmful, based on the reviews, but I hadn't heard of a Bitcointalk app before, so you can take my opinion with a grain of salt.

The reviews also seem to come to the consensus that it's a fairly poor app design, so I don't know if you'd even want to use it.

[pawel7777]

There's no such thing as "official bitcointalk app".

I've used one app ~2 years ago (not sure what is the same one) but it was pretty useless. Using mobile browser was way better.

[yenxz]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.elbandi.forum.bitcointalk just wanted to know if this app is official or at least safe 
Thanks for any replies

never hear about this before,but i see someone post on this forum and he had a phone symbol on his post,its mean he post from mobile device?or he just use bitcointalk application?still wonder about the truth.

[--Encrypted--]

Permissions:

Version 0.2.4 can access:
Device & app history
    read sensitive log data

Photos/Media/Files
    modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
    read the contents of your USB storage

Storage
    modify or delete the contents of your USB storage
    read the contents of your USB storage

Other
    full network access
    view network connections

a little alarming. doncha think?


after reading some more.

Permissions Note:
This app requires two permissions. The first permission has always been in place which is the "Internet" permission. The second was recently added to allow caching to happen on the sdcard if there is an sdcard available. This app does not access any user data, or change anything on your device.

same guy?

[bitbaby]

There isn't any bitcointalk official app till now, the new software of the forum should support better mobile browsing, therefore no app will be made afaik and I wouldn't trust any third party app with my login info of bitcointalk, neither should you.

[Bitcoinpro]

Dont store any more than 0.1 BTC on ur phone if u use this app

[bitcoineverything]

I was actually looking for a bitcointalk app but using the mobile browser seemed to be good. If that is an official app, then bitcointalk could have advertised it here.

[Fatanut]

Don't install it, just to make sure you won't install some phishing/password stealing application. Just use a browser to access bitcointalk. It has the same look as the desktop view. The only difference is the display size.

[Edwardard]

better to not to use that app. open this forum in your browser. this forum opens very fast in any browser so dont download anything and no it is not an app made by this forum admin.

[Decoded]

Dont store any more than 0.1 BTC on ur phone if u use this app

I've used this app before. It's harmless, afaik. But you must still take the necessary precautions, for your bitcoin's sake.

[MONKEYJUNK]

I ever used this app before looks like the app is not harmful. Because i never hear this app scam.                                                                                                                                           

[NorrisK]

I wouldn't take the risk if you have a high ranked forum account or bitcoins on your phone for sure.

If you are just posting on an alt acount on the go on a phone that will never see bitcoins, I guess it would be ok to use.

Then again, the mobile version of bitcointalk works ok for me, I don't really need an app to replace it at the moment.

[Kakmakr]

I will have some issues with a App that has not been updated in 3 years. If there were any exploits, it would have been reported, but I would still not trust that. Why use a App, if the mobile browser can access the forum, without any problems? In any way, accessing a public forum from your mobile phone kills all your anonymity. ^hmmm^

[Cyaren]

Well, firstly I'm not aware of any "official" bitcointalk app. Just access it from your phone on a web browser, it doesn't make a difference. You can still load it from your mobile phone.

As people pointed out, this app requires access to your sensitive data. You also have to enter your bitcointalk account details to sign in. So it is likely that this is a phishing or baiting website.

[paffie]

If i'm not mistaking, the new bitcointalk forum (epochtalk) will be mobile friendly... Why risk anything with a bitcointalk app when you can wait untill the new forum comes online (whenever that might be  )

[Enotche]

Guys, did you know that this forum has a beta version? That is comfortable for mobile devices. https://beta.bitcointalk.org/
Use it instead of any suspicious applications.

P.S
Here is topic of beta version https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1442020.0

[Boosterious]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.elbandi.forum.bitcointalk just wanted to know if this app is official or at least safe 
Thanks for any replies

Last update was 3 years ago, and there are not so many downloads. I never heard of official bitcointalk app, so, why do you want to take risk, just use bitcointalk browser

Yes its an old application,might people create that application without ask permission and bitcointalk dev not use that application as official android application for bitcointalk forum,and yes we should not take a risk to download that application,and keep aware from phising,dont want to login from anothr site with you bitcointalk account.

[sana54210]

Doesn't seem like an 'official' bitcointalk app. I don't think there even is an official one.
As far as what I can see, the app doesn't seem to be harmful but according to some reviews, it's not a good app. Better try to not use it if I were you.