20% of Android Apps Seize Private Data

According to a report by SMobile Systems, entitled "Threat Analysis of the Android Market," Google allows one-fifth of its Android applications to access private data that could be used for malicious purposes.

Surveying 48,694 Android applications, or 68% of currently available apps, 29 were additionally found to request information from the user that have been well-documented as fitting the profile of known spyware.

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