How’s that for timing. Just as Congress passes a resolution to roll back privacy regulations, Verizon announces a new bloatware app designed to hoover up your data for targeted advertising. As companies look to take advantage of their new found freedom, this is likely to be only the first of many apps created by carriers and ISPs to spy on their users.
According to TechCrunch, the app is named AppFlash, and is designed to be a mobile search hub that will live a swipe to the left away from your home screen. Verizon imagines customers will use it to search for everything from restaurants to music to mobile apps, but it seems its primary function is going to be collecting user data.
A privacy policy for AppFlash says it will collect...
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http://www.theverge.com/2017/3/31/15135542/verizon-data-ad-tracking-appflash-spyware
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http://ifeeltechinc.blogspot.com/2017/03/verizons-new-bloatware-app-will-monitor.html
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