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Hundreds Of Apps Violates Apple Privacy Policy, Collect Users' Personal Information
- Arstechnica, Monday, October 19, 2015 11:58 AM
More than 250 iOS apps are collecting users' email addresses, serial numbers and other personal information, security researchers reported on Sunday. "The apps, which at most recent count totaled 256, are significant because they expose a lapse in Apple's vetting process for admitting titles into its highly curated App Store," Ars Technica reports. "They also represent an invasion of privacy to the one million people estimated to have downloaded the apps."
