Top Travel Apps Fail The Privacy And Security Test
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The results of a newly published study of some of the world’s most popular travel apps, on both Android and iOS platforms, make for grim reading if you like your privacy and security as much as you do an excellent money-saving travel deal. Researchers from mobile security solutions provider Zimperium tested 30 “best deal” travel applications, covering flights, hotels, car rental and the like, to better understand how they manage users’ privacy and security risk. The apps, chosen based on Google Play download counts and number of positive iOS reviews, failed miserably. How miserably exactly? The research reveals that 100% of the iOS apps failed to receive a passing privacy or security grade. The Android apps tested did better, with only 45% failing to pass the privacy tests, but 97% still failed on security.