Is Your Phone Spying on You?….

"We found that not only users, but developers as well, don't know what's happening in their apps, even in their own apps….”


An AP report carried in the San Francisco Chronicle states that approximately 25% of I-phone apps and 50% of Android apps contain code that harvests users’ information and surreptitiously sends it off to third-parties. Associated Press reporter Jordan Robertson says, “The data can include full details about users' contacts, their pictures, text messages and Internet search histories. The third parties can include advertisers and companies that analyze data on users.”

The data-harvesting code is hidden within scripts that allow apps to run advertising. The code is typically written by the third parties that facilitate ads and then provided to app developers who often do not realize they are including “extra” functions in their products.