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Summary: 007 iPhone. Survey Reveals Apps Capture Advertising Data
Have you ever felt like your iPhone is watching you? Or are you worried that every time you look at something to buy online, it will end up popping up in a targeted ad on every site you go on? Well it seems that other people believe their iPhone’s are spying on them too. A new [...]
007 iPhone. Survey Reveals Apps Capture Advertising Data
p styletextalign justifyHave you ever felt like your iPhone is watching you Or are you worried that every time you look at something to buy online, it will end up popping up in a targeted ad on every site you go on Well it seems that other people believe their iPhones are spying on them too.pp styletextalign justifyA new survey has revealed that some iPhone applications send data, like the users number to a private company for research purposes after being downloaded.pp styletextalign justifyimg classaligncenter sizefull wpimage20030 titleplaying on iphone srchttpblog.dialaphone.co.ukwpcontentuploads201012playingoniphone.jpg alt width380 height252 pp styletextalign justifyThe study of 101 applications found that more than half 56 applications transmitted the phone number back to a private company via the Unique Device Identifier UDID and 47 of the tested apps also sent back gathered personal information including the users age, gender and even the phones location.pp styletextalign justifyIts not just the iPhone either. All phones including Android devices also transmit data with some applications. Companies such as Google are able to use such data to personalise ads and target specific users by accessing their personal information. Ads found to retrieve data include the popular Angry Birds, Shazam and Paper Toss.pp styletextalign justifyThe findings by the Wall Street Journal are being criticised with the developer of Angry Birds, Rovio Mobile speaking out and denying that any personal information is leaked to advertising companies.pp styletextalign justifyDo you think your iPhone is going all 007 on you Or do you think its an overreaction by anti advertiserspa targetblank relnofollow hrefhttpblog.dialaphone.co.uk20101227007iphonesurveyrevealsappscaptureadvertisingdataMobile Phone Bloga
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