The Wrongologist

(There will be very few original posts between now and January 2, 2016. The Wrong family will be gathering here at the Mansion of Wrong, and engaging in all the wrong activities.)

(Hat Tip to Rafe S.)

Links you may have missed:

InterApp: The gadget that spies on your smartphone (Softpedia) InterApp can steal a user’s email address password and content, passwords for social networking apps, Dropbox passwords and files, the user’s phone contact list, and his photo gallery.

It must be Christmas, because Target is losing shoppers’ personal information again (Techdirt) Hackers can access your personal information from Target (again), thanks to a flaw in the retailer’s mobile app, which allows unauthorized access to customers’ addresses, phone numbers and other personal information from wish lists created with the Target app. Or, they could just use InterApp above.

An arbitrary ranking of American presidents (Vox) By Matt Yglesias from early in 2015, and is best for its placing of presidents in cohorts rather than the numerical rankings. His categories are “All Time Greats”; “The Good Ones”; “They Did Fine”; “Very consequential, not always in good ways”; “True Epic Disasters”; and a few more.

Bet on Your Marriage – company pays couples $10,000 to get married, but wants the money back with interest if they get divorced (Oddity Central) You don’t have to return the money ever, as long as you stay together. But the moment you decide to divorce, you’ve got to cough up the original amount, plus interest. A divorce penalty (with interest) may or may not be an impediment. If you wanna go, you’re gonna go.

An app that lets you follow the presidential candidates’ positions on use of force (Defense One) What does Hillary think about “No-Fly Zones, and does Chris Christie agree or disagree? The military options put forth by candidates may sound tough, but they are rarely articulated in a concrete and actionable manner, which makes it difficult to evaluate the wisdom of the proposals. The information relies upon each active candidate’s campaign webpage, interviews, public speeches, and participation in the presidential debates.