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The same app can pose a bigger security and privacy threat depending on the country where you download it, study finds

  • Written by Renuka Kumar, Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering, University of Michigan
The same app can pose a bigger security and privacy threat depending on the country where you download it, study findsSame app, same app store, different risks if you download it in, say, Tunisia rather than in Germany.NurPhoto via Getty Images

Google and Apple have removed hundreds of apps from their app stores at the request of governments around the world, creating regional disparities in access to mobile apps at a time when many economies are becoming...

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