8% Of Android Apps Leak Your Private Information

[divine]

8% Of Android Apps Leak Your Private Information

Dylan Love, On Thursday July 21, 2011, 1:20 pm EDT
According to security researcher Neil Daswani, 8% of the apps in the Android Market are leaking private data.

Daswani's security firm Dasient finished a study of 10,000 Android apps and fond that 800 of them were communicating data about the user to an unauthorized server.

This is a malicious effort to spread malware so that others can gain root-level control of your device.

Once someone has root control, it's as if they own your phone. Eleven of the apps tested were sending out unauthorized text messages, the mobile version of email spam.

The solution to the problem is unfortunately quite easy -- Google just needs to step up regulations on what apps make it into the Market. It doesn't need to be as tough a process as Apple uses, but a few basic security checks are certainly warranted.

 

[45mm]

Are you doing this because people are getting mad?? Because everyday you either making a thread that shits on Android or you making a Apple thread.

I asking you can you please bring something else to the board besides this. Please Divine.

 

[TimRock]

Are you doing this because people are getting mad?? Because everyday you either making a thread that shits on Android or you making a Apple thread.

I asking you can you please bring something else to the board besides this. Please Divine.

you fell for his trap. he wants attention.

 

[divine]

Why not just ignore my thread if you're not interested? No need to whine and bitch about it.. when you do that it bumps the thread to the top.

Are you doing this because people are getting mad?? Because everyday you either making a thread that shits on Android or you making a Apple thread.

I asking you can you please bring something else to the board besides this. Please Divine.

 

[AgentCreed]

rooting is not widespread in android, unlike other mobile's our phones do more and we only root when we want to add certain enhancements. i just went from a rooted droid 1 to a non-rooted droid 3 and i don't miss root.

and a lot of things leak private info, facebook, sony, some websites etc...it's the world we live in, know what u have and where to and not to put it and u will be fine.

it's like how some ppl r jailbreaking and getting their phones taken over with a text message or anything or even a pdf file...those seem more dangerous.

 

[divine]

8% Of Android Apps Leak Your Private Information

Dylan Love, On Thursday July 21, 2011, 1:20 pm EDT
According to security researcher Neil Daswani, 8% of the apps in the Android Market are leaking private data.

Daswani's security firm Dasient finished a study of 10,000 Android apps and fond that 800 of them were communicating data about the user to an unauthorized server.

This is a malicious effort to spread malware so that others can gain root-level control of your device.

Once someone has root control, it's as if they own your phone. Eleven of the apps tested were sending out unauthorized text messages, the mobile version of email spam.

The solution to the problem is unfortunately quite easy -- Google just needs to step up regulations on what apps make it into the Market. It doesn't need to be as tough a process as Apple uses, but a few basic security checks are certainly warranted.

rooting is not widespread in android, unlike other mobile's our phones do more and we only root when we want to add certain enhancements. i just went from a rooted droid 1 to a non-rooted droid 3 and i don't miss root.

and a lot of things leak private info, facebook, sony, some websites etc...it's the world we live in, know what u have and where to and not to put it and u will be fine.

it's like how some ppl r jailbreaking and getting their phones taken over with a text message or anything or even a pdf file...those seem more dangerous.

The problem is these are ANDROID MARKET APPS..

 

[DaMostHy]

0% of IPhones run Adobe Flash. Besides that's what anti virus/anti spam programs are for.

 

[AgentCreed]

The problem is these are ANDROID MARKET APPS..

there are other companies apps that do things to and suddenly get caught as well.... no company that uses APPS is free of problems, except for blackberry and palm....

 

[divine]

there are other companies apps that do things to and suddenly get caught as well.... no company that uses APPS is free of problems, except for blackberry and palm....

..the problem is, this article is not talking about other companies. Its about the Android Market.

 

[AgentCreed]

..the problem is, this article is not talking about other companies. Its about the Android Market.

b/c they r trying to profit....google search now detects when a searchers computer has malware, android has questionable apps pulled b4 they become news now... this article the author, the company who made this finding and the poster of it on bgol are running scared and tryin to push fear agendas... damn shame ur 50 yrs old with a wife and kids acting like a 14 yr old with ripped jeans to match.

damn shame dude.

 

[comment101]

Tell apple to get my iPhone to sprint and ill buy one.

 

[CoochieMonster]

Lol, actually apps for both operating systems do, and?

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/18/iphone-and-android-apps-r_n_798619.html