John Paczkowski in All Things Digital on an Android Market app that steals data from smart phones and sends it to China.
Here’s a timely rebuttal to those who argue the merits of an “open” app store versus one that’s “closed”: Security firm Lookout says that an Android app called Jackeey Wallpaper has been harvesting personal information from the millions of users who downloaded it.
The app, downloaded by a few million Android smart phone users, collected phone numbers, subscriber information, and other data, and sent it to China. I plan to continue to shop at the environmentally safe and secure mall vs. a back alley with no lights.