14 DAY TRIAL // Samsung has just been hit with new accusations that some of the applications pre-loaded on Galaxy family smartphone can collect users’ private information.
According to a study conducted by Graduate School of Information Security at Korea University, Samsung Galaxy S, Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note smartphones are delivered with pre-installed applications that can record private information of the users, such as emails, contacts and location information.
Shortly after the accusations have gone live Samsung came forward with an official statement that denies any of these accusations: “Samsung never collected or used private information of smartphone users. All applications provided by Samsung have no ability to collect private data.”
It appears that these allegations have nothing to do with the recent Carrier IQ controversy, but is rather one of the secondary effects.