Monday, 5 April 2021

Google is limiting which apps can see everything else you have installed

Google is limiting which apps can see everything else you have installed

Google will soon be more selective about which apps on the Play Store can see all of the other apps you have installed (via XDA-Developers). As Ars Technica points out, your list of installed apps, innocent as it seems, can communicate to developers personal traits like dating preferences and political affiliations. So starting on May 5th, 2021, developers will have to provide a very good reason for why Google should let you access info like that.
Read more: https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/2/22364632/google-play-store-apps-see-other-installed-may-5-query-all-packages?source=Snapzu

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