Study shows limited control over privacy breaches by pre-installed Android apps.
MADRID/SAN FRANCISCO - An independent study lead by an academic group in Spain has shown that what personal information can be collected by pre-installed programs on new Android mobile devices is expansive and faces little oversight.
Though Alphabet Inc's Google owns Android, its open source nature enables device makers to customize the operating system and package other apps with the operating system before delivering them to users. "There is a lack of regulation and transparency and no one seems to be monitoring what these stakeholders and apps do," said co-author of the study Juan Tapiador.
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