> I assume you are hinting at app operator will sell user’s data? Or do you mean parent’s network provider does?
Yes and yes. ISPs are racing as we speak to develop the technology to data mine their users and inject their own ads. Hopefully we will get the web encrypted fast enough to make it less economically attractive.
They want to know which sites you visit, what you search for, which movies you watch and what you shop for, and package it and sell it to anyone who will pay.
Individual developers could do the same, and we should find ways to prevent that, but they have less negotiating and lobbying power and users have more choice in what apps to use.
I guess in latter case SSL would help, but what’s more likely, though, operator selling out or app developer?