North Carolina State University has developed a method for addressing the problem on Android devices by giving users granular control of how apps can behave on their devices. The tool would enable users to grant and revoke specific privacy-related permissions to individual apps and also give them the option of providing sanitized or fake location and other data. Researchers tested the TISSA privacy system on a Nexus One Android handset and used a number of apps that have been reported as leaking data, as well as some that aren t publicly known to leak user information.
Source: https://threatpost.com/researchers-develop-privacy-protecting-android-app-041511/75140/