Maker of
Android flashlight app
with 50M
downloads avoids fine after selling location data

This past December,
we reported that a popular
Android app called Brightest
flashlight could do more than just shine light. Brightest
flashlight was a simple
flashlight app that was highly-rated and had over 50 million installs. However, it had one devious, hidden feature: It would share personal data, such as your location,
with advertisers. The FTC caught wind of this and began investigating*the developer.
According to GigaOm, the FTC reached a settlement
with the developer last week, and it looks like he got away easy.
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