Thursday, March 22, 2012

Android apps with ads found to pose privacy and security risks

Android apps with ads found to pose privacy and security risks

. Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that mobile applications that integrate advertisements pose privacy and a security risks. The team conducted a study that examined 100,000 apps from the Google Play market and noticed that more than half contained “ad libraries,” while 297 of the apps included “aggressive ad libraries” that could download and run code from remote servers.

Boy Genius Report, Android apps with ads found to pose privacy and security risks

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