[PugetSoundSoldier]

That's OK, so do app writers for the iPhone, and it's not like having a walled garden for your apps actually catches apps that do something other than what they purport. At least the Android apps have to request access to the network, and contacts, etc... A bit fishy that a wallpaper app requests that access!

The best defense is a smart, aware user. Trojans will always get through. Telling people they're 100% safe because all apps are screened builds a false sense of security in the best guard there is - you.

[RegulatorCountry]

Google's raison d'etre is data mining. It's not at all surprising that personal information is regarded as fair game.

Is it Droid or that ever-looming, never materializing Microsoft phone, that uses voice recognition to identify keywords in order to target ads to the user of the phone? Does this not strike you as excessive? It certainly strikes me as excessive.