The user may be exposed to specific applications for danger regarding privacy if it depends on good reviews only from other users.
The German Mobil Zer DD technology portal said that Speed Checker allows the user to check the speed of the Internet in the home network, and these programs as applications work better on smartphones and tablets, and such applications can be downloaded for free from the application storeGoogle Play.
The portal explained that the method of making these applications is that the smartphone or tablet phone calls the measurement of the measurement;Where a certain amount of data is sent to the server, then this data is returned again, and then the period is measured, which is taken by the data transfer process, and thus the download and download rate is calculated.
The portal added that the user may be seriously subject to privacy if it depends on good assessments only from other users, after the portal conducted a test on 14 applications of Internet speed testing for mobile devices equipped with Google Android system.
The results of the test found that despite the good reviews and comments that these applications enjoy by other users, they involve many defects in terms of safety, privacy and data protection.
The portal indicated that there is a problem in 12 applications, which have been tested;Where these applications collected unnecessary data to make their jobs and transfer them to other parties;Where 6 applications, for example, recorded the WLAN wireless network definition number, which the user is connected to.
German experts pointed out that the applications that collect BSSID data are very dangerous;Because it allows service providers to locate the user without his permission with the ability to create databases for this purpose.
There are some applications that have registered the IMSI number, which is a set of numbers for the SIM card listed in the mobile device, and these numbers can be used to locate the devices, and companies provided for mobile phone telecommunications can customize the number for people.
Another application that collected IMEI number;Where any mobile device that is sold all over the world includes this 15 -number number, and technology experts are usually classified as IMEI and IMSI numbers as sensitive data;It allows other parties to track a smartphone or tablet, and it can only be changed when the device is changed or changed the SIM card.
The German Technology Portal indicated that some applications created an unscathed internet connection, and this non -encrypted connection can be used to transfer messages to the device, which may require downloading one of the files or entering the login data, and given that the messages seem to be coming from the application, they will be more credible.
The free and simple Librespeed app appeared to measure the speed of the Internet well in the German technology portal test, and it comes without additional functions, as it is devoid of ads and open source and can be downloaded from the F-Droid store.
