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Title: Popular Android apps sending user data to Facebook without user consent, likely illegally
Post by: HCK on January 03, 2019, 04:05:22 pm
Popular Android apps sending user data to Facebook without user consent, likely illegally

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<p>A study of 34 of the most popular Android apps found that at least 20 of them are sending user data to Facebook without consent.</p>
<p>The data transmitted ranges from the innocuous to the sensitive – such as whether the user has children – and is likely to be illegal in the case of European citizens …</p>
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