Pandora Transmits 'Mass Quantities' Of Personal Data
With a federal privacy investigation underway, a security researcher calls "Orwellian" the amount of information the mobile app shares with ad serving firms.
By Mathew J. Schwartz InformationWeek
April 07, 2011 12:40 PM
How much personal information does a user trade for access to a "free" smartphone application? It depends on the application, but the type of data collected can seem "Orwellian," according to Tyler Shields, a senior researcher for application security testing firm Veracode.
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