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Breach: 1,000 Plus Android Apps Gather Data Despite Being Denied Permission

Posted on July 9, 2019 by pogowasright.org

Leah Yecla reports:

App security is currently being threatened where more than 1,000 apps have been reported to gather user information even after users denied permission to access. The long list of apps unknowingly bypasses privacy restrictions freely gathering users’ data.

International Computer Science Institute researchers recently revealed that they found 1,325 Android apps capable of invading user privacy in spite of being denied permission to access data such as geolocation data.

Read more on International Business Times.

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