It was reported last week that certain Android phones manufactured in China are shipping with pre-installed malware. Worrisome enough are the risks associated with downloading apps from uncurated stores, but pre-loaded malware presents a whole new set of anxieties to privacy concerns in the mobile space. The devices are infected with [...]
FTC Settles with App Makers Credit Karma, Fandango for Deceptive Trade Practices Late last week, the US Federal Trade Commission settled with Credit Karma, Inc. and Fandango, LLC. for deceptive trade practices related to security on their mobile apps. Both companies overrode mobile operating system default settings. iOS and Google [...]
