Mobile apps for consumers have been criticized for gathering more information from users’ devices than they need. It seems, however, that mobile apps from companies fare no better.
Ninety-seven percent of some 2,000 mobile apps produced by 600 companies accessed at least one private information source on the device they were installed on, according to a report released Monday by HP. Private data sources accessed by the apps included personal address books, social media pages and even connectivity options such as Bluetooth and WiFi.
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97 Percent of Company Mobile Apps Are Insecure
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. November 19, 2013 05:00 AMMobile apps for consumers have been criticized for gathering more information from users’ devices than they need. It seems, however, that mobile apps from companies fare no better.
Ninety-seven percent of some 2,000 mobile apps produced by 600 companies accessed at least one private information source on the device they were installed on, according to a report released Monday by HP. Private data sources accessed by the apps included personal address books, social media pages and even connectivity options such as Bluetooth and WiFi.