Android: can 'free' apps access user information?
Advertising networks utilized by apps in Android devices will get access to user data, consistent with an investigation by a UK data security company.
MWR Infosecurity found that a major range of the highest fifty "free" apps that generate cash for the developer and advertisers by connecting to an yankee advertising network die details regarding the phone's user to the network – a move that will breach European knowledge protection laws. With roughly 1 / 4 of the UK's phone users using Android phones, and with many apps downloaded each month – usually at no cost, supported by advertising, instead of paid-for – the gap in security could be a supply of concern.
MWR Infosecurity found that a major range of the highest fifty "free" apps that generate cash for the developer and advertisers by connecting to an yankee advertising network die details regarding the phone's user to the network – a move that will breach European knowledge protection laws. With roughly 1 / 4 of the UK's phone users using Android phones, and with many apps downloaded each month – usually at no cost, supported by advertising, instead of paid-for – the gap in security could be a supply of concern.
