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How Mobile Ads Abuse Permissions

29

Oct

2012

It has become an inevitable part of the Android user experience that apps will ask for a long laundry list of permissions. Many apps will ask you to grant them network access so they can download updates. Others seek permission to read your phone’s state and identity so calls won’t disrupt them from doing what […]

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Is your smartphone telling every website you visit your telephone number?

25

Jan

2012

O2 mobile users in the UK are venting on Twitter today, fuming at their discovery that their phone number is being shared with every website that they visit over the network. I found a colleague who owns an iPhone on the O2 network, and we tried it out for ourselves. Making sure we turned off […]

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“Battery Doctor” Android Scareware

24

Oct

2011

A new “scareware” targeting mobile devices running Google’s Android operating system claims about its ability to recharge the battery. It also has the ability to steal information. When the program first executes, below overview window appears. As you can see, it shows information about the battery and running applications and second pie chart on the […]

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