Android apps caught covertly sending GPS data to advertisers

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in iPhone edited January 2014
Surprise surprise



Some Android apps caught covertly sending GPS data to advertisers





The results of a study conducted by researchers from Duke University, Penn State University, and Intel Labs have revealed that a significant number of popular Android applications transmit private user data to advertising networks without explicitly asking or informing the user.





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