Risk assessment company Appthority has released its App Reputation Report (PDF), which reports on a study of how iOS and Android apps handle a user's personal data. The study looked at 50 free iOS apps and 50 free Android apps and found that the iOS apps were more likely to collect and share user data like location, email addresses, and contacts. Some highlights from the report:
The vast majority of free apps send and receive data to outside parties without encryption.
96% of total apps share data with advertising networks and/or analytics companies.
79% of the top 50 free iOS and Android apps are a
