A Survey of Behind the Scenes Personal Data Sharing to Third Parties by Mobile Apps

A Survey of Behind the Scenes Personal Data Sharing to Third Parties by Mobile Apps

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 Tested - 110 popular, free Android and iOS apps to look for apps that shared personal, behavioral, and location data with third parties

73% of Android apps shared personal information such as email address with third parties, and 47% of iOS apps shared geo-coordinates and other location data with third parties

93% of Android apps tested connected to a mysterious domain, safemovedm.com, likely due to a background process of the Android phone

A significant proportion of apps share data from user inputs such as personal information or search terms with third parties without Android or iOS requiring a notification to the user more