Services in Android can Share Your Personal Information in Background

Mobile phones have travelled a very long journey in a very short span of time since its inception in 1973. This wonderful toy of 20 century has started playing significant role in people’s life. More than 5 billion mobile users are there around the world and almost 90% of the entire earth is under the mobile coverage now. Today’s smart phones are equipped with numerous features, faster processors and high storage capacity. Android is a latest trend in this series whose popularity is growing by leaps and bounds. Android has a number of components which helps Application developers to embed distinguish features in applications. This paper explains how the Service component of Android can share your personal information to others without users’ interaction. Keywords— Mobile phones, Android, service component, mobile applications.