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Android users’ security and privacy at risk from shadowy ecosystem of pre-installed software, study warns

by Technolojust
March 25, 2019

A large-scale independent study of pre-installed Android apps has cast a critical spotlight on the privacy and security risks that preloaded software poses to users… Read More »Android users’ security and privacy at risk from shadowy ecosystem of pre-installed software, study warns

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