Warning: Smartphone Apps May be Spying on You
As you may have guessed I don’t have the most massive privacy concerns. However most people do, and this might interest you…
An examination of 101 popular smartphone “apps”—games and other software applications for iPhone and Android phones—showed that 56 transmitted the phone’s unique device ID to other companies without users’ awareness or consent. Forty-seven apps transmitted the phone’s location in some way. Five sent age, gender and other personal details to outsiders.
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This all seemed rather obvious to me. I assumed it was the case. None of these apps have privacy policies. Interesting its only come out now as an issue.