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Old 06-23-2010, 08:54 PM   #1
walt526
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Study: 20% of Android Apps Expose Private Info

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While iPhone users are busy worrying about Apple's latest admission that it can share your precise location with its partners, Android users are fretting about the safety of their data too.

A new report claims that as much as a fifth of all Android applications allow a third-party application access to sensitive or private information. CNet reports that a recent report from security firm SMobile Systems...
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/Android-...news-7185.html


Although the potential for misappropriation of personal info by free Apps probably won't surprise anyone here, I found the statistic that 20% of Android apps out there have been found to be some form of spyware to be a bit alarming. Take caution with what you install on your eDGe.

Last edited by walt526; 06-23-2010 at 09:09 PM.