Bitdefender’s Clueful, keeping an eye on iOS App Behaviour
Announcement posted by BitDefender 27 Aug 2012
SYDNEY & AUCKLAND – August 27, 2012 – Bitdefender, the award-winning provider of innovative antivirus solutions has announced its Clueful app, the first security application to empower iPhone owners to distinguish privacy violating apps has returned as a free web-app globally.
Available for free at http://www.cluefulapp.com via iPhones, iPads and PCs alike, the new Clueful application adds more features and more vital privacy information for users. Users are informed of apps that are careless with usernames and passwords, track location, read and use address books, access calendars, drain a device’s battery, overly target users with ads, don't encrypt personal data or transmissions, track and aggregate the owner’s usage through multiple analytics networks, and more.
Alongside access to top app listing information, users can now add comments on any app’s clue card and comment on how developers handle their privacy.
“The iPhone is the most personal of your personal devices, storing large amounts of private information that app developers would love to access. We feel Clueful is one of the most useful and valuable tools available to consumers and are excited to relaunch it,” said Bitdefender’s Chief Security Researcher, Catalin Cosoi. “We’re putting Clueful out as a comprehensive, full-featured guide to iOS apps with added social features and are preparing further advances for this new technology.”
Bitdefender, the award-winning provider of innovative antivirus solutions, continues to work with Apple to bringing the initially approved and later pulled Clueful back on the App Store.
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Bitdefender is the creator of one of the world's fastest and most effective lines of internationally certified internet security software. Since 2001, the company has been an industry pioneer, introducing and developing award-winning protection. Today, Bitdefender technology secures the digital experience of around 400 million home and corporate users across the globe.
Recently, the company has won a range of key independent recommendations in the US, UK and across Europe, including ConsumerSearch, Which?, Stiftung Warentest and Taenk. Bitdefender antivirus technology has also finished top in leading industry tests from both AV Test and AV-Comparatives. More information about Bitdefender's antivirus products is available from the company's security solutions press room. Additionally, Bitdefender publishes Malware City providing the latest updates on security threats and helping users stay informed in the everyday battle against malware.