A popular flashlight Android app with an installed base of between 50 million and 100 million users has also been collecting personal data including location and device ID and sharing it with ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) headquarters stand in Washington, D.C. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg WASHINGTON • The creator of a popular flashlight app for Android phones hid the fact ...

No one should be downloading a flashlight app in the Year of Our Lord 2019 -- that's why both Google and Apple have integrated the ability into their devices as part of the base operating system.

The creator of a popular flashlight app for Android phones hid the fact that the app also shared the precise locations of its users to advertisers, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday.

Flashlight brightness control is coming to Pixel phones It's been spotted in the latest Android preview version Previously you needed a third-party app to access the feature The flashlight is a useful ...

Description: Ever since smartphones started shipping with LED flashes, we’ve seen Flashlight apps flood app stores. At this point, how can a flashlight app stand out from the rest? Well, for one thing ...

A flashlight is a basic tool that's good to have as part of any emergency kit. They come in various sizes and different brightness levels. It's also an item that most of us carry around in our pockets ...

Mobile advertising has become something of a hot topic in recent years, but not so much because people detest ads, rather it’s more to do with the information that these ads are taking from users and ...

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