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Apps pre-installed on Android devices face little oversight

By Paul Day and Paresh Dave

Mar 26 2019 12:43PM

Can have more expansive permissions than app store versions.

Apps pre-installed on Android devices face little oversight

An independent study led by an academic group in Spain has shown that the amount of personal information that can be collected by pre-installed apps on new Android mobile devices is expansive and faces little oversight. The investigation by the public Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, IMDEA ...

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