Voice of Reason – The question of the recent decades has been how much of our liberty can we and should we give up in the name of security. And while that question continues to persist, the new question of the modern age is how much privacy can we and should we give up in the name of convenience?

We have apps that make life infinitely easier and more convenient, but with each app we use we give them some of our personal data. And while most of us think we can control what data each app gets, new research shows we might be gravely mistaken.

In the following video, Right Wing News looks at the latest research, which shows how some Android apps are bypassing user permissions by simply getting information from other apps. And while most of this is quite innocuous, what happens when malware apps get data from your other apps? And while this research may be new on the consumer front, you can rest assured that this is old news for the spy agencies. Continue reading →