Software in some Google Play apps opened paths for extracting user data - Marketplace

The software gathered user data in violation of Google policies and was connected to a U.S. defense contractor, according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal.

Security researchers revealed this week that dozens of apps in the Google Play Store secretly gathered data on tens of millions of users and sent it to a company linked to a U.S. defense contractor. … [+5474 chars]

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