Let's be careful about this study:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/burnette/c...Planet+Android)
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SMobile Systems neglected to mention industry ties that rendered its report less credible. For example, their President and Vice President of Operations are former AT&T employees. AT&T is listed as a strategic partner of SMobile Systems on the company web site. (AT&T of course is the sole US carrier for Apple’s iPhone, a competitor to Android). And SMobile itself sells security software to address perceived threats that its reports “expose.
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A Google spokesman quickly refuted the claims made by SMobile Systems:
This report falsely suggests that Android users don’t have control over which apps access their data. Not only must each Android app get users’ permission to access sensitive information, but developers must also go through billing background checks to confirm their real identities, and we will disable any apps that are found to be malicious.
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