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Post by avordvet on Aug 27, 2017 5:19:39 GMT -5
Tip of the iceberg with big business... AccuWeather caught sending user location data, even when location sharing is offBy Zack Whittaker, August 22, 2017 13:15 GMT (06:15 PDT) Popular weather app AccuWeather has been caught sending geolocation data to a third-party data monetization firm, even when the user has switched off location sharing. AccuWeather is one of the most popular weather apps in Apple's app store, with a near perfect four-star rating and millions of downloads to its name. But what the app doesn't say is that it sends sensitive data to a firm designed to monetize user locations without users' explicit permission. www.zdnet.com/article/accuweather-caught-sending-geo-location-data-even-when-denied-access/
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