Popular Weather App Collects Too Much User Data, Security Experts Say

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  1. hawki

    hawki Registered Member

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    "Warning over popular weather app as experts find Chinese Android software is collecting 'unusual' amounts of data from users around the world

    The Android app is called 'Weather Forecast - World Weather Accurate Radar'

    It has logged 10 million downloads and 45,000 reviews on the Google Play Store

    The app collects users' geographic location, email address and unique device number and was also signing some users up for services without their consent..."

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...ts-collecting-unusual-amounts-data-users.html
     
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