Brightest Flashlight Free app for Android has helped tens of thousands of smartphone users find their way around in the dark. However, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) says that the Android app hid ...

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) headquarters stand in Washington, D.C. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg WASHINGTON • The creator of a popular flashlight app for Android phones hid the fact ...

Tens of millions of Android users have installed the Brightest Flashlight Free app, not realising that the app engaged in dirty tricks to share information about users’ location and devices with ...

Maker of Android flashlight app with 50M downloads avoids fine after selling location data A popular flashlight Android app with an installed base of between 50 million and 100 million users has also ...

One of Android's most popular and highly rated apps, Brightest Flashlight Free, has been sharing user location and ID data without their consent, according to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Have you downloaded the Brightest Flashlight Free app for Android? If so you may have inadvertently handed over your device and location data to advertisers. In a settlement with the US Federal Trade ...

Furthermore, the Brightest Flashlight Free app begins collecting device-information while users are viewing but before they have accepted the terms and conditions laid out in the EULA. In other words, ...

The developers behind a free torch app for Android smartphones have confessed to stealing users’ location data to send to advertisers. The app, Brightest Flashlight Free, has been downloaded tens of ...

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The maker of the popular "Brightest Flashlight Free" app for Android phones secretly shared users' locations and other information with advertisers, despite privacy policies saying it wouldn't, the ...

That innocent Flashlight App you installed on your device to shed light on certain situations is also spying on you, and potentially selling or using your personal data. Especially vulnerable are ...