A recent study revealed that the vast majority of free applications represent a danger to the user and whether those statements on my shop "Google Play" for Android or "App Store" devices "Apple".
The study carried out by the company "appthority" specialized in the control of dangerous security applications, the vast majority of free applications to collect and send data to third parties without encrypted, making it easy to be found.
The study on the 50 most diffuse a free application on smart devices operating system Android, and the same number of ad litem for your system iOS devices "Apple" smart.
The "appthority" that 96% of the applications included in the study are to send user data to advertising company or a company analyzes, adding that the most famous applications that do those located under the classification of "entertainment applications."
The study added that approximately 50% of the applications as well as using GPS technology to locate the user silently and send it to an outside party.
The 14% of iOS applications to enter a calendar application and extract data events and appointments allocated by the user, while not doing any of the Android applications under study that matter as illustrated by the study.
And asserted that "appthority" that applications iOS in general pose a threat more on user data from Android applications, where the study shows that all the applications under study, collected from the shop "App Store" send user data to a third party with the 92% of system applications " Android "to do so.
And held study a comparison between the threats posed by applications every system of systems to the user, where the study indicates that 60% of applications iOS gathering user data for the benefit of companies advertising or for research purposes compared to 50% of the applications "Android", and for applications that track user whereupon 60 % of iOS apps so compared to 42% of the applications "Android."
The 54% of custom applications for iOS system for both the phone "iPhone" or computer "iPad" Tablet copy the list of titles on the user's machine, while the 20% of system applications "Android" this behavior.
The study revealed that the lowest risk types of applications are "educational applications," while the applications are the most dangerous after "Entertainment applications" are "gaming applications" and then custom applications for business.
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