The iPhone is heralded by its maker, Apple, as the greatest and grandest product on the market but this is one first place award Steve Jobs probably won’t put in the trophy case. A new report puts the iPhone ahead of the Android in insecurity, finding that 68 percent of the most popular free iPhone apps send data that can be used to identify users and transmit private information to third parties. That’s compared to the 50 percent of Android apps we reported last week that send users’ data to advertisers without their consent. The study revealed that the iPhone data breach goes even further, enabling some apps to send information as detailed as the user’s name.
