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A Palestinian information system expert says he was forced to post a bug report on Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook page after the social network’s security team failed to recognize that a critical vulnerability he found allows anyone to post on...

Summer 2013 App Reputation Report to examine the hidden behaviors behind free and paid mobile apps

The cloud-based, fully automated Appthority App Risk Management Service performed static, dynamic and behavioral app analysis on the 400 most popular free and paid apps on the iOS and Android platforms.

Appthority analyzed each app for particular behaviors within a test environment

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Highlights from the App Reputation Report are:

- Overall, 83% of the most popular apps are associated with security risks and privacy issues.

- iOS apps exhibited more risky behaviors than Android apps. 91% of iOS apps exhibit at least one risky behavior, as compared to 80% of Android apps.

- 95% of the top free apps and 77.5% of the top paid apps exhibited at least one risky behavior.

- 78% of the most popular free Android apps identify the user's ID (UDID).

- Even though Apple prohibits its developers from accessing the UDID, 5.5% of the tested iOS apps still do.

- 72% of the top free apps track for the user's location, compared to 41% of paid apps.

- Although paid apps already generate revenue when downloaded, 59% of paid iOS and 24% of paid Android apps still support in-app purchasing.

- Furthermore, 39% of paid iOS and 16% of paid Android apps still share data with ad networks.

The following is a guest post by Karen Clark. Her bio is at the end of the article. Social media platforms have this incredible way of connecting people the world over. Families and friends get a v...

A discovery about Facebook's official Android app once again puts into question if the social network's developers truly *get* security and privacy.

As Symantec describe on its blog, when its developers tested its new Norton Mobile Security product against some of the world’s most popular Android apps, they were disturbed to see a warning message claiming that the Facebook Android app leaks personal information without the device owner’s knowledge:

Concerned with privacy? Google or Bing not your thing? These search engines are great alternatives to help you find what you're looking for online.

A year before Google's futuristic-looking, computerized eyeglasses are even expected to hit the market, they have been banned -- again.

Are you worried that anyone can learn all about you on the Internet? You should be.

Apple's Siri has become known as one of the iPhone's most powerful tools, but now the length of time that system holds user data has come under the spotlight.

Amidst inquiries from the American Civil Liberties Union, an Apple spokeswoman told Wired that

===> Apple keeps "anonymized Siri data for up to two years, <===

[and] if a user turns Siri off, both identifiers are deleted immediately along with any associated data."

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A Facebook security bug exposed users’ personal contact information (email or phone number) to other users who were connected to them; the bug has affected six million accounts...

A Facebook spokesperson tells me the bug ===> has been live since last year, and was discovered last week. <===

Researchers at Canada's University of Victoria have published a website, CATSMI, that provides information on more than 20 social networks privacy policies and what they mean to you.

If you don't want to be tagged in an Instagram photo, there's a quick and easy way to remove the tag and make sure it never happens again.

You’ve probably been using for Facebook for years.

Thus your profile has all kinds of likes and apps you probably don’t remember adding.

That’s why spring is the perfect time to look at your page and try to make it new again.

Here are 3 easy steps that will improve your privacy and your Facebook experience.