Are Android Ad Trackers Invading Your Privacy?

Privacy on Google’s Android operating system is always under scrutiny. Between malicious apps stealing your data and integrated trackers, Android users have a rough ride. But the customization, the open-source development platform, and the huge range of handsets attract hundreds of millions of users, myself included. Stories involving tracking usually wash over me. But this time around, researchers at Yale Privacy Lab and French nonprofit Exodus Privacy have documented the startling extent of Android ad trackers. Privacy Plundering Apps Exodus security researchers identified 71 trackers in more than 800 Android apps. The apps have billions of downloads between them. The...

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