Sensitive Data Leak From Baidu Apps Allows Lifetime User Tracking According To Researchers

Alicia Hope reports:

Palo Alto Network researchers discovered that apps from the Chinese tech company Baidu were leaking sensitive data that could allow lifetime user tracking. Unit 42 researchers used machine learning-based threat detection mechanisms to discover the apps implicated in the sensitive data leak.

Americans have downloaded the apps more than 6 million times from Google Play Store.

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