Privacy Blog

"Friends don’t let friends get spied on.' – Richard Stallman, President of the Free Software Foundation and longtime advocate of privacy in technology.

What Private Data Your Phone May Be Giving Away

The apps your phone can access the secrets of your private life and may make your relationship status with your device complicated. When you download popular apps, you could be giving companies permission to a lot more than you think: tracking your location, reading all your texts, accessing all your photos, even your microphone and camera.

The following video from CBC explains many of the issues:

Categories: Cell Phones

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