According to an April 2019 survey conducted among adults in the United States, 40 percent of respondents said they were least comfortable with allowing apps to read and modify their contacts. During the measured period, respondents were least concerned about granting apps access to their mobile calendars, with 16 percent stating they were most comfortable apps adding or modifying calendar events.
How comfortable are you with a mobile app having the following permissions?
Survey respondents were asked how comfortable they were with granting a downloaded smartphone application the following permissions on a
scale from 1 to 5 (with 5 being the most comfortable).
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MediaPro. (April 30, 2019). How comfortable are you with a mobile app having the following permissions? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 09, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050250/us-perception-on-granting-mobile-apps-permissions/
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MediaPro. (2019). How comfortable are you with a mobile app having the following permissions? . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 09, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050250/us-perception-on-granting-mobile-apps-permissions/
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