Study finds over 3,300 Android apps improperly tracking kids

Of the 5,855 total apps included in the study, 281 of them collected contact or location data without asking for a parent’s permission. Needless to say, those are red flags for any app targeted at kids. A further 1,100 shared persistent identifying info with third parties for restricted purposes, while 2,281 of them seemed to …

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