Apps pre-installed on Android devices face little oversight

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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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