HKSilicon (Trad. Chinese) –01 Mar
Apple iOS apps leak more personal info than Android
恐怖！iOS比Android App泄露更多隱私
http://www.hksilicon.com/kb/articles/120798/iOS-Android-App?mobi=true
一般人可能不知道App Store里免費的iPhone、iPad App比Google Play里的免費App帶有更大的隱私威脅。
為什麼App Store會泄露數據？
據Appthority各個商店取樣5個目錄，再取每個目錄下的Top 10 銷售App，60%的iOS App會跟廣告商和第三方分析網絡分享數據，50% 的Android App會同樣地分享數據。
其中60%的iOS App會收集用戶地理數據，54%的App會收集用戶聯繫人列表，14%的App會抽取你的日程表信息。相對Android來說，數據分別是42%、20% 以及0%。雖然數據也不是那麼樂觀，但對比iOS還是要讓用戶安心一些。
而對於未加密數據，幾乎100%的iOS App會發送未加密數據給廣告方，92%的Android App也會如此。Appthority表示很多廣告網絡商願意向蘋果設備用戶數據付費，這樣就刺激了開發者更大力度地收集信息，久而久之，做iOS App的越來越多，開發者就得更努力地獲得用戶隱私。
免費App或者99美分的價格無法幫開發者盈利，所以他們就向廣告網絡出賣用戶隱私，分享得越多，廣告網絡支付的費用也越多。
不同類型App泄露狀況
Appthority測試過商務、教育、娛樂、遊戲以及財政App，發現娛樂App在保護用戶隱私方面做得最差，分享地理數據和用戶隱私最多。相對地，教育和財政App在隱私泄露方面稍好。
此次調查的iOS App平台包括Apple, Intuit, Kids Games Club , PayPal；Android方面包括Imangi Studios, Intuit, PayPal 以及Intellijoy。Appthority表示去年的調查結果也顯示iOS App比Android收集了更多地數據。
趨勢
Appthority聯合創始人Guerra表示，由於最近政府也在打擊網絡隱私濫用，社交網絡Path也因為未經父母同意收集兒童住址信息被聯邦貿易委員會處以80萬美元的罰金。所以即使是最大眾的App都不可信。
如果你非常需要某個App，可以選擇付費，因為你的隱私數據比那99美分或者出賣費用值錢多了，開發者自然沒必要出賣你的隱私。

South China Morning Post –04 Mar
Stelux in sight of China turnaround on Boyu vision  
Stelux Holdings, a Hong Kong-based retailer of mid-priced spectacles and watches, said its co-operation with the private equity firm Boyu Capital creates operating synergies that will help it to turn around its China business within three years, aided by online sales and relocation to second-tier cities.
Joseph Wong, chairman and chief executive of Stelux, which operates the Optical 88 and City Chain stores, said: “Boyu Capital offers industry expertise and seasoned managers in the competitive middle-class industry on the mainland, creating more synergies than its investment in our company.”
Boyu Capital, a private equity firm specialising in China investment founded by former Ping An president Louis Cheung and Mary Ma, invested in the retailer through a subscription for HK$371 million of convertible bonds in November.
Stelux appointed Ma, a former chief financial officer at Lenovo and executive at US-based Texas Pacific Group, and Boyu’s Alex Wongas non-executive directors responsible for its expansion plan on the mainland. Joseph Wong said he believed that Ma and Alex Wong would control costs with the aim of breaking even in the financial year 2015.
Joseph Wong, 52, who took the helm at Stelux in October 2011, said the two parties had been in private discussion since April last year and subsequently appointed an external consulting firm to lay out new strategy in China, where it will roll out an online shopping site in September this year, and shift its retail network into second-tier cities.