87% of Android devices are vulnerable to attack by malicious apps and messages, a group of researchers from Cambridge University in England has revealed.
For years now, they have been urging Android users to install an app called
Device Analyzer so that they can collect usage statistics, which give them an insight into how people use their smartphones and allow them to extract patterns and trends.
The researchers use this data set to make recommendations for the improvement of future smartphones and, if users of the app agree to it, they share this data with other researchers.
Their latest study was aimed at discovering how insecure Android devices are, and the reasons for this situation.
