Tens of millions of Android users have installed the Brightest Flashlight Free app, not realising that the app engaged in dirty tricks to share information about users’ location and devices with ...

WASHINGTON — The maker of a popular Android mobile app that turns your phone into a flashlight has agreed to settle the Federal Trade Commission’s charges that the software secretly supplied cellphone ...

That innocent Flashlight App you installed on your device to shed light on certain situations is also spying on you, and potentially selling or using your personal data. Especially vulnerable are ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The maker of a popular Android mobile app that turns your phone into a flashlight has agreed to settle the Federal Trade Commission’s charges that the software secretly supplied ...

A popular flashlight Android app with an installed base of between 50 million and 100 million users has also been collecting personal data including location and device ID and sharing it with ...

Q. A colleague told me that my Android smartphone’s flashlight app (Brightest Flashlight) is actually malware designed to collect my private information. Is she correct, and if so, what preventive ...

Many phone manufacturers have taken to including a flashlight app or at least a toggle in quick settings. Although there are still some phones that don’t have one by default. Which is why flashlight ...

“This is among the brightest flashlights I’ve ever owned.” If there is one item that every household needs, it’s a flashlight. But not your typical battery-powered flashlight that only lets you see a ...