U.S. user attention regarding smartphone app permissions 2017

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Umair Bashir,
Apr 3, 2025
This statistic shows the level of user attention paid to smartphone app permission requests. During the May 2017 survey, 32 percent of respondents who took online privacy measures stated that they always paid attention to the kind of information used by apps installed on their smartphones.

Do you pay attention to the information used by the apps you use on your smartphone?

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Release date

June 2017

Region

United States

Survey time period

May 18 to 21, 2017

Number of respondents

655 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Special properties

who take measures with regard to online privacy

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: Do you pay attention to the information used by the apps you use on your smartphone?

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