19% Of iOS Apps Access Your Address Book Without Your Permission… Until iOS 6 [Report]

Cult of Mac
By Killian BellJul 19, 2012, 4:52 am171 pts
Do you know which apps are accessing your personal data? Antivirus software specialist Bitdefender has found that nearly 19% of iOS apps access your address book without your knowledge — or your consent — when you’re using them, and 41% track your location. What’s most concerning is over 40% of them don’t…

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