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iOS apps are more grabby with your personal data than Android apps | Ars Technica
Ars (and a few others) are reporting on a study about mobile apps and the transmission of personal data. Since I don't want to make this an Android v. iOS thread (even though the report discusses both), I'm going to exclude the Android data.
With that, here are some of the highlights:
Ars (and a few others) are reporting on a study about mobile apps and the transmission of personal data. Since I don't want to make this an Android v. iOS thread (even though the report discusses both), I'm going to exclude the Android data.
With that, here are some of the highlights:
- 60% of the iOS apps collected location data
- 54% of iOS apps collected contacts or e-mail addresses
- 60% of iOS apps shared user data with ad networks or data analytics companies