Do you really know what information leaks from you by mobile apps?
We're really proud to announce some more information about our new activity - examination of application data is not securely handled. It helps to identify weak chains in application to simulate situations when particular application is not able to protect its data. These results are valuable for everyone because it gives you some pieces of knowledge what data stored locally, operated in memory or transferred by network. What data protected good enough, what's not. You're as an owner have 100% information. Each app you installed on your device duplication this type of data in many ways. Just imagine, you're using your travel app and looking for the flight. Are you search requests upload on the website of vendor who developed this app? Yes, it is... usually. Whatever developer tells about not storing your information on his servers, your information either upload or not. If it's uploaded, you don't have guarantee it wasn't upload to another web-site. Usually, you should expect to see your data upload to 3rd party partners’ servers. Did developers say you have to agree to share information with 3rd party? Yes, they did. Did they tell you what your information they're going to share with others? We're really doubt they did. Moreover, did they put enough 'security' to protect your data? Perhaps, but they didn't tell you more than 'we're using features are industrial protection standard'. Additionally, if they're using 3rd party servers to store your data remotely, they perhaps limited in security features to build good protection. The average price of hacker tools that helps to steal data is $100-1000. Did you remember we posted a survey about 30% of users who will to remove apps because of privacy concerns? Here is this link. We have just talked about only 1 type of data. How much of them? Device information, passport information.. there's a lot of redundant information leaks from you. Eventually, the final call to use the app or not is yours. If you don't want to do that, you're free to uninstall this app from your device. Now, you just have a little more knowledge about how much money developer puts into mobile app’s protection mechanisms.