CPAM members and community, today one of our CPAM members brought a serious
concern to my attention about SMART phone “Flash light “ mobile apps. In
2013, the FTC fined one Android SMART
phone mobile app developer for misleading consumers for their free app which
provided a flash light but also planted “malware” on their phones to read
email, capture personal financial information, delete information, obtain geo tracking information, and sell information collected to third
parties.
We are all at risk with the use
of “free” apps for our SMART phones and our personal information
being stolen and used. I’ve attached a
link to the FTC report with details on their findings below.
I am also attaching a
report by the company “Snoopwall” that has published a report “Flashlight Apps
Threat Assessment” . This report summarizes the privacy and risk of the top ten
Android Flashlight Apps.
This is not an
endorsement of Snoopwall which has
develop a mobile flashlight app but what I see as a crime prevention practitioner a comprehensive report of how / what developers are doing to gain access to
your personal information. This report also provides tips on how to delete and reset your SMART phone if you’ve
downloaded one of the products.
Snoopwall’s website (www.snoopwall.com )states that they are the world’s first counterveillance software companies
focused on helping consumers and enterprises protect their privacy on all of
their computing devices, let’s hope they are true to their mission, data breaches,
and privacy concerns should be at the top of every consumers concerns ! Check their website and the report at the
links below.
Rich Coleman, CPAM
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