Do you know which information you are sharing when installing a mobile app?
All we are smart people. As per statistic, 373.88 million people are using a smartphone by 2019 in India and the number of smartphone users worldwide is projected to amount to nearly 2.7 billion by 2019. We are installing so many Apps in our mobiles like Facebook, Whatsapp, Hotstar, Jio4GVoice, Mobile Recharge apps, UPI apps, Bill Payment apps, Money Transfer apps, PhonePe, Google Pay (Tez) and many more. But do you know which personal information you are sharing when installing an Android or iPhone app on your mobile? Now know the truth and secure your personal information. When you want to install an app then a popup will come to your mobile screen and you have to accept then apps will install in your mobile.
In-app purchases:
Allows the user to make purchases from within this app
Device & app history:
Allows the app to view one or more of information about activity on the device, which apps are running, browsing history and bookmarks
Identity:
Uses one or more of accounts on the device, profile data
Uses calendar information
Contacts:
Uses contact information
Location:
Uses the device's location
SMS:
Uses one or more of SMS, MMS. Charges may apply.
Uses one or more of the phone, call log. Charges may apply.
Uses one or more of: files on the device such as images, videos, or audio, the device's external storage
Uses the device's camera(s)
Uses the device's microphone(s)
Allows the app to view information about Wi-Fi networking, such as whether Wi-Fi is enabled and names of connected Wi-Fi devices
Allows the app to determine the phone number and device IDs, whether a call is active, and the remote number connected by a call
Other:
download files without notification
adjust your wallpaper size
receive data from Internet
Source: Google Play Store.
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