Do you read each privacy policy before you click the "Accept" button? If you don't, you are certainly in the majority of tech users. Wouldn't it be nice if there was someplace we could turn to cut thought the legal junk and quickly explain how each privacy policy impacts us?
Well, for Android apps, there just happens to be a site for that! PrivacyGrade.org looks at the permissions each app requests and compares them to the functions of the app. (For example, it will be fine with GPS mapping software accessing your location, but it will be skeptical if a free game wants the same permissions.)
PrivacyGrade gives each app it analyzes a grade based on the permissions it uses, and it also offers an more detailed analysis of the app's permission requests. If you are concerned about privacy, check the grade and analysis of some of the apps you use most often. You might be surprised!
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