Does it bother you that some apps running on your iPhone, that know all your contact information and perhaps even your current location, could be spying on you? The Wall Street Journal says:
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.
It seems like we’ve been talking about this since Apple added a GPS and the App Store to the iPhone 3G and iOS 3 back in 2008 and everyone from tiny, unknown developers to giants like Google began taking advantage of the features — in both senses of the word.
Sometimes it can be beneficial — Google’s web search, Gmail, and mobile AdMob adds try to give us ads […]
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