Uber's Android app caught reporting data back without permission

By Loz Blain  November 26, 2014
 
http://gizmag-images.s3.amazonaws.com/hero/uber-app-malware-android.pngUber's Android app is acting like malware, reporting personal data back to the company that it doesn't have permissions for
  Security researcher GironSec has pulled Uber's Android app apart and discovered that it's sending a huge amount of personal data back to base – including your call logs, what apps you've got installed, whether your phone is vulnerable to certain malware, whether your phone is rooted, and your SMS and MMS logs, which it explicitly doesn't have permission to do. It's the latest in a series of big-time missteps for a company whose core business model is, frankly, illegal in most of its markets as well.
Taxi-busting ride share app Uber might have an operating model that suits customers better than traditional, regulated taxi services – but the company's aggressively disruptive (and frequently illegal) business practices don't seem to stop at harming the taxi industry.
 
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