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Vorsicht Facebook: Warnung vor diesen Spionage-Apps

Vorsicht Facebook: Warnung vor diesen Spionage-Apps | Apps and Widgets for any use, mostly for education and FREE | Scoop.it
Einige Anwendungen in Facebooks App-Zentrum verlangen mehr Berechtigungen als einem lieb ist. Wir sagen Ihnen, vor welchen Apps Sie sich in Acht nehmen sollten.
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What iOS apps are grabbing your data, why they do it and what should be done

What iOS apps are grabbing your data, why they do it and what should be done | Apps and Widgets for any use, mostly for education and FREE | Scoop.it
Early last week the personal diary app Path became the fulcrum of a massive discussion about how cavalier mobile apps are getting with harvesting your, presumably, personal information. ...

 

Apps that do send data, with no warning

 

Foursquare stands alone here as an app that was, until an update issued on February 14th, sending personal data with no warning. This is similar to the previous behavior of Path that got it in so much hot water. Since the update, Foursqare now warns users before uploading data. Foursquare says that, while it was uploading the data, it was not storing it.

 

Foursquare (Email, Phone Numbers no warning)

 

Read more, a MUST:

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2012/02/15/what-ios-apps-are-grabbing-your-data-why-they-do-it-and-what-should-be-done/

 


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