Do You Get What You Pay For? Comparing the Privacy Behaviors of Free vs. Paid Apps
Do You Get What You Pay For? Comparing the Privacy Behaviors of Free vs. Paid Apps
K. Bamberger,Catherine Han,5 Authors,Narseo Vallina-Rodríguez
2019
37 Citations
TLDR
There is no clear evidence that paying for an app will guarantee protection from extensive data collection, and the degree to which “free” apps and their paid premium versions differ in their bundled code, their declared permissions, and their data collection behaviors and privacy practices is investigated.