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Mobile apps secretly sharing personal data targeted by FTC

12/10/201312/07/2013 Jorge Gonzalez

The Federal Trade Commission has announced its spotlight on information sharing with advertisers. The FTC has made an announcement of an important occurrence in the mobile apps industry as it has just issued its first settlement involving a slap on the risk for an application developer that had been secretly transmitting tens of millions of its users’ data to advertising networks. The accusation from the Federal Trade Commission was made against Goldenshores Technologies. Goldenshores Technologies is based in Moscow and among its most popular mobile apps was a flashlight application…

Mobile technology may not be as safe and innocent as once thought

08/12/201108/12/2011 Stephen Vagus

As mobile technology continues to evolve, it is constantly pushing the boundaries of security. Augmented reality has already been shown to present a very real threat to a person’s privacy, but smart phones harbor many tools that can be used against their owners. One tool, in particular, is seemingly harmless and is most often associated with the emergence of mobile commerce. NFC technology, though still in its infancy, has the potential to completely nullify any security methods used to protect a person’s identity or a company’s sensitive business information. Near…