«Ask any consumer if they know why
their free flashlight app needs permission to access their GPS, microphone or address book,» said McDonald, adding, «They may not fully know, and they don't remember giving the permission; but we know full well what is going on and what the business model is of that flashlight app.»
The security company in the news report has
a free flashlight app in the Google Play store, and it's called «Privacy Flashlight.»
Not exact matches
For example, Fart Sound
Free is in the Top 50 free apps of Google Play along with at least two flashlight apps a Yahoo Mail app and ga
Free is in the Top 50
free apps of Google Play along with at least two flashlight apps a Yahoo Mail app and ga
free apps of Google Play along with at least two
flashlight apps a Yahoo Mail
app and games.
Though it had the potential to break
app functionality in certain cases, it allowed you to prevent
apps from collecting and sharing data that had no good reason to do so, like in the case of Brightest
Flashlight Free, which the FTC caught maliciously accessing and sharing users» location data to advertisers.
If you find yourself always using your Android's
flashlight, then another good option to try out is the free Ambient LED Flash
flashlight, then another good option to try out is the
free Ambient LED
FlashlightFlashlight app.
For example, Goldenshores Technologies, the company behind the popular «Brightest
Flashlight Free»
app for Android phones, agreed in 2013 to settle the Federal Trade Commission's charges that the software secretly supplied cellphone locations to advertising networks and other third parties.