Your favorite app is silently collecting your browsing history, Surfshark warns
THE SO WHAT
Surfshark’s finding that 45% of top mobile apps collect browsing history—especially social platforms—raises the bar on what “private” really means in your data map. If your product embeds third-party SDKs or ad tech, assume regulators and users will start treating this kind of collection as surveillance and audit your dependencies before they audit you.
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