AllThingsD » examination http://allthingsd.com Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:05:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://allthingsd.com/theme/images/logo-rss.jpg All Things Digital http://allthingsd.com/ 144 22 Your Apps Are Watching You http://allthingsd.com/20101218/your-apps-are-watching-you/ http://allthingsd.com/20101218/your-apps-are-watching-you/#comments Sat, 18 Dec 2010 16:48:51 +0000 Scott Thurm and Yukari Iwatani Kane http://voices.allthingsd.com/?p=34123 Few devices know more personal details about people than the smartphones in their pockets: phone numbers, current location, often the owner’s real name–even a unique ID number that can never be changed or turned off.

These phones don’t keep secrets. They are sharing this personal data widely and regularly, a Wall Street Journal investigation has found.

An examination of 101 popular smartphone “apps”–games and other software applications for iPhone and Android phones–showed that 56 transmitted the phone’s unique device ID to other companies without users’ awareness or consent. Forty-seven apps transmitted the phone’s location in some way. Five sent age, gender and other personal details to outsiders.

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