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Android app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users' location data with advertisers - techcrunch.com

Published by TechCrunch By Zack Whittaker · 4 August 2026 at 23:26
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Android app developers may be unwittingly sharing their users' location data with advertisers - techcrunch.com
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What the report says

New findings by the Electronic Frontier Foundation aim to warn app developers that some of the third-party code they place in their apps may also collect their users' location data when they grant permission to the app.

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