Google Pulls Data-Chugging App From iOS Devices

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Google Pulls Data-Chugging App From iOS Devices
« on: March 29, 2019, 11:24:45 PM »

A day after Facebook was dinged for shady iOS distribution techniques of its data-collecting research app, Google was discovered using the same methods for its own app.

Google has found itself in hot water for a research app that may have violated Apple’s policies by collecting user data in exchange for gift cards.

The tech giant said it has now disabled Screenwise Meter“audience measurement” app – which voluntarily collects data from users’ phones, browsers and even routers – from iOS devices.

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