Monday, March 5, 2012

Et Tu, Google? Android Apps Can Also Secretly Copy Photos

By: Brian X. Chen and Nick Bilton
Google has recently released that Android phones can secretly copy your photos to a remote server and upload on a public photo-sharing site. As long as the App as permission to go to the internet, your photos can be saved to a server. The Apps doesn't need permission to get your personal information. To solve this problem the makers of apps are getting stricter on there security. Letting the user know what data the app can access requires users approval before downloading App.
NewYorkTimes.com