'Brightest Flashlight' Android app that stored location data without user consent gets no FTC fine


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'Brightest Flashlight' Android app that stored location data without user consent gets no FTC fine

article published on 13 April, 2014

Back in December, we reported that one of the most popular apps in the Google Play Store, "Brightest Flashlight," which has been downloaded over 50 million times and reviewed over 1 million times, had been sanctioned by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for sneakily selling your personal information to advertisers. The app, built by GoldenShores, sent your location and a unique ID to ... [ read the full article ]

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phobet

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4. May 2014 @ 02:24

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Actually, the app was not "free". It was paid for by the app users' geolocation and unique ID. This data, in turn, was sold to advertisers. Let us not forget that.

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4. May 2014 @ 12:36

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