1 in 5 Droid Apps collect your data

[macfan881]

This is why i support the App Store.

The Android Market's openness comes with a significant hitch: a full 20% of its app offerings can access and share your private data. Some can even make calls and send texts from your phone without your knowledge or consent


http://gizmodo.com/5570942/one-in-five-android-apps-access-your-private-data

 

[Polo5]

Statement from a Google spokesperson:

"This report falsely suggests that Android users don't have control over which apps access their data. Not only must each Android app gets users' permission to access sensitive information, but developers must also go through billing background checks to confirm their real identities, and we will disable any apps that are found to be malicious."

 

[MadeTheSwitch]

Exactly. In fact there's a story that came out today of Google doing a remote wipe of an app. If there is something misbehaving out there, they will do something about it.

http://www.androidcentral.com/google-remotely-wipes-app-few-phones-explains-why