eavesdroppers

Byron Chin

App Developers Warned: You Need To Tell Consumers First If You’re Going To Eavesdrop

Your phone has a microphone, and it listens — but not just when you’re making a call or practicing a second language on purpose. It listens whenever an app tells it to, and to whatever happens to be around you for it to hear. And if an app does that without telling you first, it could be in hot water with the Federal Trade Commission. [More]