Android is an awesome operating system that provides us developers with incredible capabilities. There are quite a few great apps and features Android users benefit from that are simply impossible to implement on other platforms.
Unfortunately, nothing comes free, and this wide array of capabilities is the main reason why Android is so vulnerable from privacy and security standpoints.
In our latest research, we decided to focus on the privacy issues. We took a look at the top 1000 Android apps to find out if they collect any sensitive personal data.
CITP, a research center that studies digital technologies, drew public attention to a vulnerability in browsers, that lets third-party scripts harvest email addresses of users without their awareness or consent. The emails are later used for web tracking, including ad tracking.
