An investigation into smartphone applications has revealed that most the Apps are designed to spy on people, transmitting personal data of device owners to different companies.
According to The Wall Street Journal's investigation, 56 of the 101 widely used Apps -- including software and games for iPhone and Android phones -- transferred the personal details of their users to advertising companies without the consent of users.
Various companies benefit from the personal information in different ways, ranging from finding the users address to their interests and software they use the most.
Forty-seven of these applications transmitted the location of the phone, whereas age, gender and other personal information were sent by five of the Apps. The unique ID number assigned to each phone by the manufacturers was the most widely shared detail.'
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