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Android app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users’ location data with advertisers
TechCrunch · Published 4h ago · Impact 64%
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New findings by the Electronic Frontier Foundation aim to warn app developers that some of the third-party code they place in their apps may also collect their users' location data when they grant permission to the app.
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