Comprehensive academic study finds hidden backdoor-like behavior in 6,800 Play Store apps, 1,000 apps from third-party app stores, and almost 4,800 apps pre-installed on user devices. …read more Source:: Open Source S
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14% of Android app privacy policies contain contradictions about data collection
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•An analysis of 11,430 Play Store apps found that 14.2% used a privacy policy with contradicting statements about user data collection practices. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Android news and kids apps contain the most third-party trackers
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•Over 20 child advocacy groups have sent a letter to the FTC regarding advertising in kids apps. …read more Source:: Open Source S
Over 500 Android apps with a combined 100 million downloads found to secretly contain spyware
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•Unbeknown to the app developers, an advertising software kit contained code for stealing data from their products’ users. …read more Source:: Open Source S