LIZ: NEW DETAILS ON A SCARY
STORY WEED TOLD YOU ABOUT.
REMEMBER THAT'S CHINESE WEATHER
APP THAT'S COLLECTING TOO MUCH
DATA FROM USERS?
IT'S CALLED WEATHER FORECAST
WORLD ACCURATE WEATHER RADAR.
IT CLECTS YOUR LOCATION, EMAIL
ADDRESSES, PERSONAL INFORMATION
INCLUDING THE IDENTITY CODE FOR
YOUR PHONE.
IT SECRETLY TRIES TO PUT 100,000
USERS INTO SEPARATE VIRTUAL PAID
REALITY SERVICES.
AND THEY HAD NO IDEA THEY ARE
BEING CHARGED FOR THAT.
MANY OF THE MOST OF POPULAR
ANDROID APPS ARE SHARING YOUR
DATA WITH FACEBOOK, EVEN IF YOU
DON'T USE FACEBOOK.
HARMEET DHILLON HAS BEEN ALL
OVER THIS ISSUE.
THIS IS SCARY STUFF.
YOUR TAKE ON IT.
>> I'M NOT SURPRISED TO SEE THE
STORY.
YOUR VIEWERS MAY RECALL THE
CHINESE GOVERNMENT REQUIRES
COMPANIES WHO OPERATE THERE TO
SHARE INFORMATION.
YOUR EMAIL AND IDENTIFICATION OF
YOUR PHONE, THERE IS A GOOD
CHANCE THAT DATA WILL BE SHARED
WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
THAT'S PROBABLY INFORMATION YOU
DON'T WANT OUT THERE.
THAT'S MORE TROUBLING THAT IN
THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES, USERS OF
THE LOW-COST PHONES WERE BEING
SIGNED UP FOR A VIRTUAL REALITY
GAME THAT COULD HAVE COST $1.5
BILLION TO THOSE USERS IF PEOPLE
HADN'T CAUGHT THAT.
USERS NEED TO BE CAREFUL.
PEOPLE CLICK AND SIGN, SURE,
TRACK ME.
LIZ: WE DON'T KNOW WHAT CHINA IS
DOING WITH SURVEILLANCE.
GETTING I.D. FOR OUR PHONES.
>> THE GOOD PART IS APPARENTLY
THIS IS ONLY HAPPENING TO PEOPLE
WHO USE THESE PARTICULAR PHONES.
IT WAS HAPPENING IN THIRD WORLD
COUNTRIES.
PEOPLE ARE LESS HE 50s KATEED
ABOUT GIVING THEIR DATA.
A LOT OF AMERICAN CONSUMERS ARE
PRETTY SOPHISTICATED.
LIZ: 20 OUT OF 34 ANDROID APPS
LOOKED AT.
TRIP ADVISOR, KAYAK.
THESE APPS WERE TRANSMITTING
THEIR USERS' DATA TO FACEBOOK
EVEN IF THEY DIDN'T HAVE A
FACEBOOK ACCOUNT.
GIVING USER DATA UNKNOWINGLY TO
FACEBOOK.
>> THE iPHONE GENERALLY
DOESN'T DO THIS.
IT'S A DEVICE YOU ARE PAYING A
LOT OF MONEY FOR.
BUST ANDROID DEVICES ARE DATA
HARVESTING DEVICES.
THE PURPOSE IS TO COLLECT YOUR
DATA.
SOMEBODY WANTS TO MAKE MONEY OFF
OF IT.
THE IS BEING SHARED WITH
FACEBOOK WITH GOOGLE THEY
OPERATE DIGITAL TISSING.
TIS -- DIGITAL
ADVERTISING.
IT'S DISTURBING THAT IT'S
HAPPENING IN THIS WAY.
IN EUROPE CON -- CONSUMERS ARE
TYPICALLY NOTIFIED.
BUT BECAUSE OF CONCERN ABOUT
PRIVACY BY OUR LEGISLATORS IN
WASHINGTON, NOTHING IS DONE TO
PROTECT CONSUMERS.
HE ALL THANKED PHONE CALLS AND