Researchers find no evidence that Android apps eavesdrop, but some do spy on you

Researchers at Northeastern University conducted some tests to see whether your phone is secretly listening to your words in order to serve you ads that you would be interested in. Looking at the media files sent out by 17,260 apps in the Google Play Store, the researchers found no evidence that your phone is eavesdropping on your conversations. This was done using ten Android handsets running an automated program (see image at the top of this article), although there were some limitations. For example, the program couldn't create usernames and passwords to sign into an account.

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