Were you one of the 100 million Android users that downloaded the Brightest Flashlight Free app? Did you conscientiously click “no” when asked if you’d like to allow the app to track your location ...

The developer of a popular flashlight app for Android devices has agreed to settle U.S. Federal Trade Commission charges that it shared users’ geolocation information with advertising networks and ...

WASHINGTON — The maker of a popular Android mobile app that turns your phone into a flashlight has agreed to settle the Federal Trade Commission’s charges that the software secretly supplied cellphone ...

Maker of Android flashlight app with 50M downloads avoids fine after selling location data A popular flashlight Android app with an installed base of between 50 million and 100 million users has also ...

One of Android's most popular and highly rated apps, Brightest Flashlight Free, has been sharing user location and ID data without their consent, according to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

The creator of one of the most popular apps for Android mobile devices has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that the free app, which allows a device to be used as a flashlight, ...

Flashlight apps are a dying breed. Google began adding them to Android as early as Lollipop, and OEMs have included them on their OEM skins for far longer. The need for this dwindles as the market ...

Sasha Morse Flashlight is an Android app that offers users a neat and simple flashlight app, but also a whole lot more on top of just that. This is also a morse code and telegram app which allows ...

That innocent Flashlight App you installed on your device to shed light on certain situations is also spying on you, and potentially selling or using your personal data. Especially vulnerable are ...

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Q. A colleague told me that my Android smartphone’s flashlight app (Brightest Flashlight) is actually malware designed to collect my private information. Is she correct, and if so, what preventive ...