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Researchers create privacy wrapper for Android Web apps

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Ars Technica; By Robert Lemos 		Mail this story
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On a mobile application, users typically have a single choice to protect their privacy: install the application or not. The binary choice has left most users ignoring permission warnings and sacrificing personal data. Most applications aggressively eavesdrop on their users, from monitoring their online habits through the device identifier to tracking their movements in the real world via location information.

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