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For example, a Wal-Mart app talks to flipkart, at any time you examine a barcode -- there's no practical difference when you serve that connection. Out of the 49 apps that Management Information Tree updated to prove its case, 32 were virtually identical from the official versions. The rest only had minor issues, like missing ads.
This doesn't mean that the data itself is incredulous, or that the problem is Android-specific. Half of it boils down to analytical data like crash and performance reports, which are present in iOS and other platforms.
Few of it may simply assist the app run more adequately, such as fetching content so that the app keeps working if you're knocked offline. The concern is more that these titles don't say what they're doing with these communications. While the activity is likely to be innocuous, there's a concern that a less-than-careful app developer could put your info at risk without a good reason.
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