Reading http://www.pcworld.com/article/199621/20_percent_of_android_apps_can_threaten_privacy_says_vendor.html?tk=hp_new I can't help but feel cheated.
Undoubtedly the report used permissions to determine the 'security' of apps: the more dangerous permissions requested = more risk. Of course this makes sense, but the report is missing several key points: 1) Android Installer presents these permissions to the user. When installing iPhone apps, no listing of capabilities are shown. So users are informed. 2) Just having the permissions doesn't mean the app can access the data (ie the app can only get GPS data if gps is turned on by the user) 3) Most apps allow these features to be turned off (ie location can be disabled) 4) Many times the internet permission is used only for ads, so the full danger of sharing/distributing this private data is blown overboard. What do you think? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
