How Mobile Apps are invading your privacy

With the rapid increase in Smartphones, mobile phone Apps became a popular addition on every handset! There is a mobile application for almost anything from lightsabers to mobile banking! However mobile apps do pose some serious privacy security risks that people using them should be aware of. These risks generally fall into 4 categories; risks in the application layer, in the network layer, risks in the hardware layer, and finally in the operating system layer.

The infographic below which was developed by Veracode takes us through those potential risks and shows how those apps can invade your privacy.

[Via: Geeky Stuffs]