報告顯示 超九成手機APP在獲取用戶隱私信息

Over 90% of mobile apps gained permission to access users' private information in the first half of 2018, according to a report recently released by Tencent's Research Center on Society and the Data Center of China Internet (DCCI).

騰訊社會研究中心和DCCI互聯網數據研究中心近日發佈的一份報告顯示，2018年上半年，超9成手機應用獲取用戶隱私信息權限。

Statistics indicate that about 99.9% of Android apps obtained private information from their users in the first six months of this year. The figure for iOS apps also rose dramatically from 69.3% in the first half of 2017 to 93.8%.

數據顯示，今年上半年，約99.9%的安卓應用獲取用戶隱私信息，iOS應用的這一比例也從去年上半年的69.3%激增至93.8%。

Of them, game apps saw the biggest increase in gaining access to users' private data, from 43.1% in the second half of last year to 88.9% in the first half of 2018.

其中，遊戲類應用獲取用戶隱私數據權限的比例增幅最大，由2017年下半年的43.1%增至2018年上半年的88.9%。

Location information was required by 89.3% of apps in the first half of 2017, and the figure saw an increase to 95.9% in the first six months of this year, said Hu Yanping, founder of DCCI, adding that apps requiring access to users' contact data also climbed from 43.7% to 61.2% during the same period.

DCCI互聯網數據研究中心創始人胡延平表示，要求讀取位置信息的應用佔比由2017上半年的89.3%增至2018年上半年的95.9%，而同期要求獲取用戶聯繫人數據權限的應用佔比也從43.7%增長至61.2%。

Although relevant laws and regulations have been introduced in China, many apps are still suspected of overusing their authorization to collect user data, said Zhou Ye, senior mobile security researcher at 360 Vulpecker Team.

360威派克團隊高級移動安全研究員周燁表示，儘管國家相關法律法規已經出臺，但許多應用仍有濫用權限、收集用戶數據的嫌疑。

Huang Xiaolin, a director of Tencent, also stressed that internet companies should self-discipline when it comes to the collection of information, usage of information and notification to the users.

騰訊董事黃曉林也強調，互聯網公司在收集信息、使用信息和通知用戶時應該自律。