App to protect private data on iOS devices finds almost half of other apps access private data

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-06/uoc--atp061913.php

Public release date: 20-Jun-2013
Contact: Ioana Patringenaru
University of California - San Diego

Almost half of the mobile apps running on Apple's iOS operating system access the unique identifier of the devices where they're downloaded, computer scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have found. In addition, more than 13 percent access the devices' location and more than 6 percent the address book. The researchers developed a new app that detects what data the other apps running on an iOS device are trying to access.

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