Popular password manager in the spotlight over web trackers

Popular password manager in the spotlight over web trackers


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While the trackers in LastPass’s Android app don’t collect any personal data, the news may not sit well with some privacy-minded users
LastPass, a popular password manager, has come under some fire following a report that its Android app features seven built-in advertising and analytics trackers that gather data ranging from the user’s device type and Android version to whether the user is on a free plan and has enabled biometric protection.
Mike Kuketz, a German researcher who disclosed the issue, finds it completely unacceptable for apps that process extremely sensitive data to have advertising and analytics modules integrated into them: “Or to put it in general terms: no proprietary and non-transparent external code may be integrated into apps in which sensitive data is processed. Which data these modules collect and transmit to the third-party providers are sometimes not even known to the app developers themselves, who integrate these modules into their apps,” he added.

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