HTC's Sense-skinned phones will blab to just about anyone who asks. Photo Jon Snyder/Wired.com. HTC's skinned version of Android contains a serious security flaw which allows any application access to a huge trove of your personal information, according to mobile blog Android Police.
HTC's proprietary Sense software — – which runs on the company's EVO 4G and Thunderbolt smartphones, amongst others — contains almost everything that happens on your phone in a data file, including GPS location information, phone numbers, SMS data (plain numbers and encoded text), and more.
Gadget Lab, HTC's Version of Android Gives Personal Data to Any App That Asks