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 ...

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).

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has brought the hammer down on the developers of, Brightest Flashlight Free, an Android app that uses the camera flash as a flashlight. Goldenshores Technologies, ...

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 ...

Many phone manufacturers have taken to including a flashlight app or at least a toggle in quick settings. Although there are still some phones that don’t have one by default. Which is why flashlight ...

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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 ...