FTC Says Flashlight App Left Consumers in the Dark

http://consumerist.com/2013/12/05/m...ell-users-it-was-sharing-their-location-info/

I also noticed it has a 4/5 star rating based on 318 customer reviews at Amazon, despite more than enough people pointing out it asks for ridiculous permissions, was detected as malware/spyware by various tools, etc.

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/ftc-flashlight-app-left-consumers-dark-21111817

No hefty financial penalty and/or jail term? Such a shame.

 

The FTC is allowing for public comments on the proposed settlement. Here is a link to the comment submission page.

https://ftcpublic.commentworks.com/ftc/goldenshorestechnologiesconsent/

 

Android flashlight app developer settles FTC charges of sharing geolocation data
http://www.cso.com.au/article/53361...settles_ftc_charges_sharing_geolocation_data/

Article relates: Are your smartphone apps selling you out?
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9244615/Are_your_smartphone_apps_selling_you_out_

 

I often read on this site that, especially for freeware products, if a person does not want to have adware installed to simply decline it on install. Although this app is for smart phones as opposed to desktop PC's I hope people can see that sometimes the end user licensing language can sometimes mean nothing.