Android apps are snooping on other software on your device – and that could tell shady advertising companies more about you than you’d like.
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Facebook Messenger may ban mass-forwarding of messages
Facebook has done this before: it did it with WhatsApp, following an outbreak of lynchings sparked by viral social media hoaxes.
Analytics firm’s VPN and ad-blocking apps are secretly grabbing user data
Both Google and Apple have removed at least some of the apps from the company, Sensor Tower.
Google data puts innocent man at the scene of a crime
The man became a suspect because location data from his Android phone was swept up in a surveillance dragnet called a geofence warrant.
One billion Android smartphones racking up security flaws
How long do Android devices continue to receive security updates after they’re purchased? The answer is: barely two years.
Google fixes MediaTek bug in Android March patches
There are patches for over 70 bugs, and they finally fixed a months-old exploit for MediaTek chipsets, said to affect millions of devices.
GoodRx stops sharing personal medical data with Google, Facebook
The mobile app saves people money but was letting 20 companies know who’s taking antipsychotics, erectile dysfunction and HIV meds, and more.
Facebook sues data analytics firm OneAudience over malicious SDK
Facebook says OneAudience paid developers to install its social-media-profile-looting SDK into their apps to get marketing data for clients.
LTE vulnerability allows impersonation of other mobile devices
Researchers have found a way to impersonate mobile devices on 4G and 5G mobile networks, and are calling on operators and standards bodies to fix the flaw that caused it.
Switch to Signal for encrypted messaging, EC tells staff
Formerly preferred diplomatic app WhatsApp apparently isn’t up to snuff.