Sunday, March 4, 2012

Android Ignore User Data Security?


Data security issues in the Android device is long enough so warm conversation in the middle of its users. This is related to the analysis, that the confidentiality of the data the user platform such as Google claim 'ignored'. For example, in terms of image data, location, and some other data that is in the device.


Previously, a similar issue hit the IOS, which filed its third-party applications permission to access the site, it can also access the photos on the device. However, according to sources from The Verge this is a bug (software defects), which is currently Apple is fixing it.

Another story with Android, it feels even more alarming platform. Because the licensing of third party applications to be installed, is reported to be not just suck on the image data but also upload them to the website. Everything is done behind the scenes, without user knowledge.

Based on a report in The Verge after contacting the Google, some similar opinion out of the developer, where it is part of a feature, not a bug. Google said that Android was originally designed to facilitate access to the file folder, remember the first data in external memory.

But now most of the Android phone has internal memory, which can ultimately find a way to access the photos. It's just that the Google is now providing monitoring through the application Bouncer program, that the future could push malware as well as the circulation of these kinds of applications in the App Store.

To be sure, Google (Android OS) should be more concerned with the security of user data, although the company intends to bring together all of its services into one integrated ecosystem. In particular provide access back-up and delete data remotely (remote control), given our data synchronized in many Android devices that we use. Just imagine if we lost Android devices, many will suffer losses.

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