{"id":11522,"date":"2011-12-15T18:10:06","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T23:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbachnet.wwwmi3-ss40.a2hosted.com\/?p=11522"},"modified":"2021-07-13T09:03:26","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T13:03:26","slug":"tablet-info-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rbach.net\/index.php\/tablet-info-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile Device Info"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mobile<\/a>In case there was any doubt that mobile devices are the real deal, here are some stats<\/a> from Digby<\/a>. Globally, 80% of consumers have used computers to get access to the Web within the previous seven days. Sixty percent used their mobile devices to do so. 25% of US mobile web<\/a> users only access the web from their mobile phones.<\/em><\/p>\n

Angry Birds know where you live<\/a><\/h3>\n

\"Angry<\/a>75% of the public may be giving away their physical location when downloading smartphone applications, according to mobile security vendor AdaptiveMobile<\/a>. 69% of smartphone users say such privacy breaches are unacceptable, yet Help Net Security<\/em><\/a> reports<\/a> that 75% fail to read the terms and conditions, which include access to data such as their physical location.<\/p>\n

“Consumers are outraged that their data may not be secure but are unwilling to protect themselves,<\/em>” AdaptiveMobile VP of Handset Security, Ciaran Bradley<\/a> says in the article. “We are downloading more apps than ever before, but people are unaware that their location and other information can be harvested by applications.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

AdaptiveMobile research has shown that common applications including Angry Birds<\/a>, Jaws<\/a>, and Paper Toss<\/a> have access to information including location coordinates and owner\u2019s name, which can be shared with up to 17 different external domains including advertisers.<\/p>\n

“Consumers and the wider mobile industry need to become savvier about the information which is shared by apps,<\/em>” Mike Hawkes, Chairman of The Mobile Data Association<\/a> told Help Net Security<\/em>. “It is becoming commonplace that personal information<\/a> is shared with advertisers and developers.”<\/p>\n

Mr. Bradley told Help Net Security<\/em> that iPhone<\/a> users are the most careless, with 65% completely unaware that free applications may compromise their privacy. Windows Phone<\/a> users are more responsible, with 29% promising to stop downloading free applications if they had any doubt that their personal information was not safe. Windows Phone users are generally cautious, 95% of them are \u2018quite\u2019 or \u2018very\u2019 concerned about privacy infringements.<\/p>\n

“If we are to slow the rise in cybercrime, consumers need to become more aware of the need for phone security<\/em>” concluded Mr. Bradley. “Not only will this frustrate hackers and other cybercriminals<\/a>, but also ensure that consumers can have a safe mobile experience<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

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I wrote about mobile apps stealing PII<\/a> here<\/a> and here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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