Experts at privacy firm Incogni found that about 55% of apps
It turned out that among the 1,000 studiedapplication experts, more than half of them collect data and send it to their servers. Free programs are 7 times more likely to collect personal information than paid ones, and lesser-known ones are 6 times more likely than popular ones.
Top 3 in data collection were applicationssocial networks, business and shopping applications. And most of all user information was shared by applications related to shopping, business and grocery delivery.
It is noteworthy that tech giants collect the most data, and Facebook * is not a leader in tracking users.
It is noted that half of the tested applicationsdoes not claim to encrypt transmitted data. At the same time, 5% of developers admit that they do not even include this security item in their applications.
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