Privacy issues: Data abuse on certain mobile apps uncovered
Thursday, July 5, 2012 - 10:02
in Mathematics & Economics
“My smartphone knows everything about me, starting with my name, my phone number, my e-mail address, my interests, up to my current location,” explains a computer science professor. “It even knows my friends quite well, as it saves their contact details, too,” he says. Therefore he is not surprised that several mobile applications, also known as apps, display simple functionality up front, while in the background, they send the identification number of the device, the personal whereabouts of the user, or even the contact details of friends, colleagues and customers to a server somewhere in the internet.