Fitness Apps Get You Healthy—as They Hoover up Your Personal Data
It's always interesting to see which services are gathering the most of our personal data. We've done it before, looking at the major social networks (We found that Facebook gathers the most, hands down.) But your phone is filled with apps for services that purport to have only your best interests at heart: fitness apps. How much of your personal information do they need to make you a better you? Apparently, a lot. The folks at Supplement Timing researched what kinds of data fitness apps are gathering, both by default (you can't use the app without providing it) and optionally (sometimes you ...
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