When apps talk behind your back

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2015-12/uoc--wat120315.php

Public Release: 3-Dec-2015
When apps talk behind your back
UC Riverside study shows popular apps interact with risky websites
University of California - Riverside

Almost 9 percent of popular apps downloaded from Google Play interact with websites that could compromise users' security and privacy, according to a study released in December by researchers at the University of California, Riverside. The team is now developing a tool that allows users to evaluate the riskiness of individual apps before downloading them.

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