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Anne Freer @ Business of Apps 2 place · 05/06/2022 04:45 EDT

38% of app users shared location without noticing

Mobile apps may not be as secure as we think they are, turning into a blindspot when it comes to cybersecurity efforts.  With over 60 billion messages and 3.2 billion images shared on social networks every day, phones have transformed the way we communicate these days.  A new report from Licel, which makes no-code app security solution DexProtector, shows that 38% of app users previously shared their location via a social app without realising. In 2007, data shared through mobile devices included contact nu

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