When you download an app from the App Store or Play Store, how much research do you do ahead of time? Do you look into who makes the app, and where that company is based? Do you scan the app’s privacy policy to make sure your data is handled responsibly? You might not, but, as it turns out, the FBI wants you to.
The FBI issued a warning last Tuesday concerning “foreign-developer mobile applications (apps).” (Thank you, FBI, for that clarification.) The FBI’s thesis is this: Many of the most popular apps in the U.S. aren’t developed here—instead, they’re often developed and maintained by foreign companies. Now, these discussions can verge dangerously close to xenophobic, especially considering the U.S.’s current administration, but some of the FBI’s concerns are legitimate. The FBI’s chief issue is with the security laws of countries like China, which the FBI says could allow China’s government
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