Many smartphone users unaware of what Android apps are accessing
Many smartphone users are unaware of what their Android apps are accessing and that if they were, they’d like to stop it, according to a new study.
Using a group of 36 participants, researchers at the University of British Columbia and the University of California-Berkeley, gave each person a handset with a tweaked form of Android that highlighted when information was being accessed or permission was needed.
After a week and 27 million data points, 80 percent of participants said they woul
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