Android users' privacy put at risk by apps collecting unnecessary data
Research suggests an epidemic of apps collecting data from unsuspecting smartphone owners
Free smartphone apps pose huge threats to user privacy by collecting unnecessary information, says a report from Juniper Networks. The network security firm analysed 1.7 million applications on the...
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