Dangers of downloading everyones app

Concerned users may want to consider security software to defend against mobile malware, including spyware apps like FlexiSPY , which are most often planted by jealous lovers but presumably could be installed by corporate spies. Lookout Inc. Privacy Advisor provides a list of which of your apps can access private data, along with reports that explain the risks and capabilities of each app.

Riva Richmond is a freelance journalist who has covered technology for more than a decade. She focuses on computer security, privacy, social networking and online business and has written for The New York Times , The Wall Street Journal and other national publications.

Previously, Riva was a technology reporter at Dow Jones Newswires and regular contributor to The Journal's "Enterprise" small business column. Itai Sadan. Folabi Clement Solanke.

Cristian Bustos. Sean Sechler. Thomas Hughes. Zacks Equity Research. Skip to content Profile Avatar. Subscribe to Entrepreneur. The report recently found that 83 percent of the top paid and top free apps on Android, and 91 percent on iOS had at least one risky behavior. With that in mind, here are seven broad ways many apps can compromise your privacy. What can you do? Reassuring, huh? Some apps need to know your location, like a mapping app trying to give you directions.

But does a free game or a recipes app need to know your location? Probably not. To advertisers, your location is one of the most valuable things on your phone, so many apps grab it solely to pass along to advertisers. The Verge.

Andrew Cunningham Andrew is a Senior Technology Reporter at Ars Technica with over a decade of experience in consumer tech, covering everything from PCs to Macs to smartphones to game consoles.

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