Apple’s iOS pasteboard leaks location data to spy apps

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 16:28:24 +0000

A developer has discovered that malicious apps could exploit the pasteboard to work out a user’s location.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/C0t83agCkD4″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Apps are sharing more of your data with ad industry than you may think

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:43:44 +0000

Apps like Grindr, Tinder and Happn are (over-)sharing data about sexuality, religion, and location with a shadowy network of data brokers. And it’s not just dating apps that are doing it…<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/NPeC4ksaHAY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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