Remember "Brightest Flashlight"? It's the free flashlight app that wasn't really the brightest, but nevertheless, it ended up on 50 million Android users' smartphones and covertly leaked their real-time locations to its maker, which went on to sell the data to advertisers. Bad stuff! Of course, the Federal Trade Commission intervened, but the app's maker, on-man company GoldenShores Technologies, is getting away with rather lax treatment considering the sheer scale of its mischief.Basically, GolenShores owner Erik Geidl is asked not to collect geolocation data without explanation, made ...
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