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Apple pulls data snooping apps from online shop

Posted on October 9, 2015June 26, 2025 by Dissent

Phys.org reports:

Apple on Friday rid its App Store of some applications that it said could snoop on people’s data and posed a security threat.

While Apple did not disclose which apps were pulled from its virtual shelves, the list was reported to include software capable of blocking ads from appearing inside other applications such as Facebook.

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