We use cookies and similar technologies to recognize your repeat visits and preferences, to measure the effectiveness of campaigns, and improve our websites. For settings and more information about cookies, view our Cookie Policy. By clicking “I accept” on this banner or using our site, you consent to the use of cookies.
I Accept
This article contains:
By analyzing a sample of anonymized user data, we’ve learned which information users want to protect the most and have discovered how app updates actually make us more aware of our privacy than before.
Messaging Apps come out on top
When it comes to data that people want to keep private, nothing beats personal messages. Four of the top five most locked apps were messaging apps with WhatsApp the most popular.
[st_image template="B1" alt="Top 5" select_image="http://now.avg.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/apps_table_1b.jpg"]
Personal data
As one might expect, after messaging apps, social networking and photo apps were the next most locked. People have a clear understanding that they want to keep their personal life private and take steps to the data stored within these apps
[st_image template="B1" alt="App Categories" select_image="http://now.avg.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/app_locker_graphic_v1.jpg"]
The Privacy Window
Once installed, it’s easy to forget how an app may have access to sensitive data or personal files. We’ve seen that one thing that causes us to remember these permissions are updates. We understood this to mean that there is privacy window in which we all think about apps and their permissions.
Our apps allow us to turn our smartphones into incredibly powerful devices that do everything for us. In return though, we give apps, and their developers access to our data and our lives. To use Instagram, for example, we must first allow it access to our pictures.
This means that each app carefully creates a unique and personal experience for each user, they also become private things that perhaps we don’t want to share.
That’s the idea behind the App Locker feature in AVG AntiVirus for Android. Available as part of the PRO product, App Locker is designed to help you decide what you would like to keep private and password protected.
It could be your messages or even, an app that you don’t want your child to use when they have your device, it’s entirely up to you.