Android Apps Privacy

App Privacy Issues Deeply Troubling

Larry Magid | Posted 04.22.2012

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Larry Magid

The recent revelations that some iPhone and Android apps are uploading and storing users' phone address books without permission not only violates the privacy of the person using the phone but, potentially, everyone in that person's address book.

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How Apps Are Secretly Sharing Your Personal Data--Without Telling You

AP | JORDAN ROBERTSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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LAS VEGAS — Your smart phone applications are watching you – much more closely than you might like. Lookout Inc., a mobile-phone security...

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REPORT: 20% Of Android Apps Have Potential Privacy Issues

mashable.com | Stan Schroeder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Mobile security company SMobile has looked into the potential privacy and security issues in more than 48,000 apps in the Android Market. The company'...

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