Shopping Apps

Ad Networks Embedded in Popular Shopping Apps Sponge off of Permissions, Have Worrying Levels of Access to Consumer Phones

December 15, 2022

Study examined 640 of the most popular shopping apps currently available via the Google Play Store. About two-thirds of these make use of ad libraries, and on average these apps connect with 1.8 ad networks that can share phone permissions.

Shopping Apps

Ad Networks Embedded in Popular Shopping Apps Sponge off of Permissions, Have Worrying Levels of Access to Consumer Phones

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