Flashlight Android app steals user locations and sell information - Android Planet

Saturday, December 7, 2013 (12:11) | Daniel Verlaan

The app Brightest Flashlight Free, a free flashlight Android app, the location and device data from millions of users sold to third parties. Multimedia messages after an indictment of the app from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The app, which has been downloaded over 50 million times, the data of its users sold to advertisers who paid big bucks for information.

According to the FTC, the developer sold Brightest Flashlight Free the “precise location” through without users explicit consent.
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The developer, GoldenShores Technologies, according to the FTC would have cheated customers by collecting before they had the ability to turn off the function. location and device data In the settings of the torch Android app is an option because it is available to turn off location data. Before users had found, the function turned all the information to be sent.

“Consumers should be given a clear choice to share or not their information,” according to the FTC. GoldenShores Technologies should the FTC more access to information on the data collected and to destroy any previously collected data. Both Google and GoldenShores Technologies have not yet responded to the news. The flashlight Android app will remain available in Google Play.

Protect Yourself

Learn how to protect yourself against rogue apps and viruses in our tip article protect your Android device.

One of the most important tips is to check the permissions an app is installed. So you can instantly see what permissions an app requests. A flashlight app that you want to view, and Internet location-for example, you better leave your left – so late. Brightest Flashlight Free See

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