You get what you pay for. The moment you turn on that new cheap phone you bought, malware and spyware in pre-installed apps start grabbing your personal data.
Apps known to track you and steal your data
Have you ever had an app ask you to access your phone’s location? Of course you have, we all have. How about those apps that want access to your smartphone camera and contact list?
If you think about why they do this, it might creep you out. In this Komando on Demand podcast, you’ll learn the dirty secrets that some app developers don’t want you to know.
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Our lives are being tracked and sold to companies. It has become second nature to share this info with the app, but did you ever stop to think: Where does all this data go?
In this podcast, you will learn who is tracking you, how they can get to your personal information and, most importantly, where your data is being sent.
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