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Actually this is just the
Actually this is just the opposite.
Android has a permissions-based security model: any app that wants to access private information (eg location or contacts) has to ask for this when it's installed and get the explicit agreement of the user.
This report is NOT saying that 10,000 Android apps will steal your data, it's simply saying that 10,000 Android apps request permission to access something (usually location) on your phone. Wooo-hooo.
Given that Apple App Store applications can silently access contact details, it's like saying 225,000 iPhone applications steal your contact details.
The original report is a thinly disguised sales pitch for an Android security tool and designed to provide easy hits for Apple bloggers.
(And, for the record, I don't own an Android phone but I DO have a house full of Apple products)