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22 February 2021, 7:09 pm EST By (Photo : Photo by Jan Kopřiva from Pexels) Researchers are now doubling up on information and public knowledge to let people understand how much Apple's iOS and other applications gather or collect User Data on one's iPhone or iPad. The study revealed that these apps have been collecting a ton of data from iOS users which are stored on different servers and accessed by its servers. Trying or downloading a new application would ask users several questions that ask for "Application Permissions" on accessing several information, data, or other apps in a user's ...

Smartphone users are unaware of privacy implications of some permissions they grant to apps and services and researchers have been able to identify which kind of personal information the apps extract with location tracking on.

A new study has shown that apps tracking user location data can also infer additional personal information, including personality traits, habits, demographics, and interests. The collected information can be used to deliver targeted ads based on data related to the places a user visits. Researchers created an app to track volunteers' location and use it to infer other information about them, including health, ethnicity, religion, and political...

Smartphone users are unaware of privacy implications of some permissions they grant to apps and services and researchers have been able to identify which kind of personal information the apps extract with location tracking on

 E-Mail How much personal information can our phone apps gather through location tracking? To answer this question, two researchers - Mirco Musolesi (University of Bologna, Italy) and Benjamin Baron (University College London, UK) - carried out a field study using an app specifically developed for this research. Through the app employed in the study - published in Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies - researchers were able to identify which kind of personal information the app extracted and its privacy sensitivity according to users. "Users ar...