Bitdefender are proving to be trailblazers (yet again) by launching
Clueful, the world’s first iOS app that ensures iPhone apps can no longer keep
secrets and you can safeguard your personal information.
This latest offering by the global leader in computer security
technology shows just how apps access iPhone owner’s private data and is the
only application in the world that tells users which iOS apps are accessing
more information than they should.
Launched on the 22nd of May 2012 on the Apple
App Store, Clueful identifies potentially “misbehaving” applications on your
iPhone, giving users an inside look at the information app developers can
gather. The sleek interface displays which apps track your location, drain your
battery, read and use your address book, hit you up with ads, track and
aggregate your usage through multiple analytics networks, are careless with
your usernames and passwords, access your Facebook, Twitter and Google
accounts, and more.
Alexandru Catalin Cosoi, Chief Security Researcher at Bitdefender,
points out that “App developers can ask for, and receive, access to your
precise location, your contact list and more information about you when you
install their products on your iPhone. Your iPhone is probably the most
personal device you own, holding vast amounts of information about what you do,
who you are, and where you go. Clueful tells you what kinds of private
information apps can access so you can make an informed decision whether to use
that app.”
Clueful works by retrieving audit information from the
cloud. Clueful will also let you examine an app before installing it, giving
you the information you need to decide whom to trust with your personal data.
Check out Clueful at http://www.cluefulapp.com
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