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Title: Popular iOS apps sending user location to data monetization firms, researcher says Post by: HCK on September 11, 2018, 04:05:19 pm Popular iOS apps sending user location to data monetization firms, researcher says
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2018/09/apps.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>New research shared with 9to5Mac claims that more than two dozen iOS apps including weather and fitness trackers contain code that covertly shares user location and other information with data monetization firms. These apps have been available on the App Store despite Apple’s strong policies on privacy and protecting customer data. There are steps users can take to mitigate data exposure to these monetization firms when using affected apps — or you can avoid affected apps altogether.</p> <p> <a href="https://9to5mac.com/2018/09/07/location-privacy-ios-apps/#more-550372" class="more-link">more…[/url]</p><div class="feedflare"> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/9To5Mac-MacAllDay?i=qo8hQNVD1BY:B-yfV6WJEW8:D7DqB2pKExk" border="0"></img> (http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/9To5Mac-MacAllDay?a=qo8hQNVD1BY:B-yfV6WJEW8:D7DqB2pKExk) </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~4/qo8hQNVD1BY" height="1" width="1" alt=""/> Source: Popular iOS apps sending user location to data monetization firms, researcher says (http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/9To5Mac-MacAllDay/~3/qo8hQNVD1BY/) |