android/iphone app can steal your contacts and sms?

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Can a (jailbroken OR not) smart phone app access your private info, contacts, sms and sends back to collector?

Strange, why is it "off topic" to ask a question about the capabilities of two smartphone SDKs? I think this is a good question and it had already received some promising answers. — npdoty, Jan 20 '11 at 20:53

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 20 '11 at 16:44

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On a stock Android phone, an application can request permission to access all of those items.

On a stock iPhone, an application can access contacts, but not SMS etc.

On a jailbroken iPhone, an application can do whatever it wants.

answered Jan 20 '11 at 16:44

ceejayoz

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 23 '11 at 10:57

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On android an app can steal your information and send them back but when you install them from market you can see which things the app wants access to.

I don't know about the iPhone.

edited Jan 23 '11 at 10:57

Sebastian Paaske Tørholm

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answered Jan 20 '11 at 16:35

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android/iphone app can steal your contacts and sms?

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