Open source developers have released the source code for an Android privacy protection tool, the 50% of the apps that have been tested send personal information to advertising companies found. Called allows users, the goal of their handsets, sent information follow the tool TaintDroid, according to U.S. reports. TaintDroid to the Android Smartphone users greater insight into what your mobile applications do.
TaintDroid is a research prototype and developers have published a guide and set create a TaintDroid discussion group for those interested, install and run the technology. The team of's U.S. computer engineering at Duke University, the TaintDroid wrote the application using 30 randomly selected Android applications tested. They found that sent 15 sensitive information, including the phone location, multiple ad company servers.
Two of the apps shared even the mobile phone and SIM card IDs with random servers. The study was a proof of concept to show the value of improving the smartphone platforms real-time monitoring tools to users include, an awareness of how your information is shared.
