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30/03/2016
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User can expose your privacy and information saved on the device when not read the application license agreement
Survey also found that 40% of users have no knowledge to limit the permissions of applications
A survey showed that about 40% of Brazilian consumers do not violate the license agreement when installing an application on your phone. Another 15% of respondents said they do not read the programs installation messages. In other words, click Next and accept without knowing what they are authorizing.
For Kaspersky Lab, responsible for research, you can expose your privacy and information saved on the smartphone to cyberthreats when not read the license agreements or messages during installation. Some applications may affect user privacy, start installing other programs or even change the configuration of the legal way system if the user has authorized access during installation.
The survey also showed that nearly 40% of Brazilians do not have enough cyber knowledge to limit the permissions of applications that install on the device.
The survey also detailed that 12% of Brazilian users do not restricted to actions that applications can perform on their devices and 20% give permission to applications when requested, but quickly forget than authorized. Other 6.7% believe it is impossible to change the permissions of apps.
Source: IG
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