“Who Knows What About Me? A Survey of Behind-the-Scenes Personal Data
Sharing to Third Parties by Mobile Apps” is a pretty damning indictment of
the way developers handle the personal information they get when users
download their products. In a random look at 55 apps across both platforms,
for example, the study found 47 percent of iOS apps share location data
about the iPhone customers, while a staggering 73 percent of Android apps
offer email addresses without explicit consent.

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