Why Is a Tip Calculator App Asking for My Location?
- By Angelica Nava on June 15, 2012
Do you download apps with abandon? Many of us do! Here at mobilesecurity.com we recommend that you think carefully before downloading an app—why are you downloading it? What is it supposed to do? Do the permissions match the purpose? Mark Kanok, contributor to mobilesecurity.com, walks us through the thought process.
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