Many apps ray usage entropy — some of it enough to personally identify your sound — to marketers , behind your back . computer programmer at Penn State wangle up TaintDroid ( ew ) to reveal the offenders and help you protect yourself from prying information mineworker .
Of thirty pop apps tested , a whopping half of them were phoning home to advertisers . Of of course , many apps send out your data point with your consent — many of them even need this role to do anything at all . But TaintDroid ’s aim is to uncover the apps that are n’t upfront about their data share-out , so that you are n’t couch money into a marketing department ’s air hole . Now , devs , just think of a new name for your stately app . [ TaintDroidviaFastCompany ]
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