The moment you install an app, it begins scavenging and pestering you for your data. It requests permissions to tap into your phone’s internals, asks you to register a handful of personal information — you know the drill.
However, no matter how frugal and vigilant you are at each step, there’s still one way most apps end up covertly mining your data.
Every app comes packaged with a range of what are technically called Software Development Kits (SDK). To understand these better, think of an app as a Lego house — with each block acting as a single key module.
Developers program the blocks that are unique to their apps, such as its design and functions. But components like advertising and analytics are not usually built in-house. For that, they turn to third-parties that already offer these services. All developers need to do is plug them in their apps.
Read full story here: How Apps Secretly Spy On You With Third-Party Trackers | Digital Trends
