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Monday, February 27, 2012

Internet firms can access your texts, emails and pictures by spying through smartphone apps | Mail Online

Internet firms can access your texts, emails and pictures by spying through smartphone apps | Mail Online: "Companies are using free smartphone apps as ‘fronts’ to allow them to spy on users’ text messages, intercept calls and even track their location, it was claimed yesterday.

By accepting little-read terms and conditions when downloading apps, consumers give developers the right to harvest vast swathes of private information.

Facebook insists that people using its Android smartphone app agree to give them permission to read their text messages, although the internet giant said it had not yet taken advantage of this right"

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