Free Android Apps Caught Stealing Personal Info

In the Android world it is easy to find an app that can do what you're looking for. But you have to be careful with your decisions. Before installing a new app be sure to do some research. Check out the app's home page and read any reviews that other users have posted on the Android Marketplace. If you can't find much information on the app and it is from a new developer you may want to hold off. If it doesn't feel or look right in any way just don't download it.

Even if an app looks friendly and doesn't need to access any personal data to operate... it doesn't mean that it isn't doing something in the background that the user cannot see or detect. In Android... Apps can "piggyback" other apps on the the device that have full permissions... thus giving the limited app full permissions.

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Android Gets a Build-Your-Own-App App

An idea abandoned by Apple has become a reality for Android users.

Thanks to its much more open application market... Android users could be able to build their own apps to suit their specific needs. The new app, currently available in Google Labs, is called App Inventor. Read the full story at the link below.

PC World Article: Android Gets a Build-Your-Own-App App
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