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    Key takeaways on mobile apps and privacy

    Six-in-ten app downloaders have chosen not to install an app when they discovered how much personal information the app required in order to use it.

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    Chapter 1: The Majority of Smartphone Owners Download Apps

    Apps, short for “applications,” are a main feature of modern smartphones and tablet computers. They allow users to interact with their devices in new ways. From calendars to music players, apps offer myriad experiences to users, and that universe is expanding every day. This growth in apps is paralleled by a growth in the amount […]

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    Methodology

    The Pew Research Center’s Teen Relationship Study was funded, designed and analyzed by Pew Research Center staff. Quantitative fieldwork was conducted by the GfK Group (GfK, formerly Knowledge Networks). Specifically, the survey examined the attitudes of teens ages 13 to 17 years old, as well as those of their parents, toward technology. The survey examined […]

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    Chapter 3: An Analysis of Android App Permissions

    Most large internet companies use the same general methods for informing users about how their data will be used. These include agreements any frequent internet user would be familiar with such as privacy policies or terms of service. This study looks at one type of agreement: the permissions required by apps on Android devices. In […]

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    Apps Permissions in the Google Play Store

    Analysis of over 1 million apps in Google’s Android operating system in 2014 shows apps can seek 235 different kinds of permissions from smartphone users. The average app asks for five permissions.

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    Methods

    Study Design & Documentation Introduction The Pew Research Center’s Teen Relationship Study was funded, designed and analyzed by Pew Research staff. Quantitative fieldwork was conducted by the GfK Group (GfK, formerly Knowledge Networks). Specifically, the survey examined the attitudes of teens ages 13 to 17 years old, as well as those of their parents, toward […]

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    Americans’ Attitudes About Privacy, Security and Surveillance

    Many Americans want control over their personal information and freedom from observation during the activities of their daily lives, but they are not confident that the government agencies or businesses that collect data about them can keep that information private and secure.

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    Attempts to Obscure Data Collection and Preserve Anonymity

    While most Americans support greater limits on data collection by the government and most express low levels of confidence in the capacity of institutions with which they interact on a daily basis to protect their data, few are taking advanced steps to change their behavior or cloak their activities online. The adoption of certain privacy-enhancing […]

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    Americans’ Views About Data Collection and Security

    Contrary to assertions that people “don’t care” about privacy in the digital age, this survey suggests that Americans hold a range of strong views about the importance of control over their personal information and freedom from surveillance in daily life. As earlier studies in this series have illustrated, Americans’ perceptions of privacy are varied in […]

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