Apps like Temu or TokTok. Or those cheap electronic devices where you have to download a questionable app and register an account. What exactly is being stolen and what is being done with it? Who is doing it? Why?
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simple, valid personal information can be valuable in aggregate. it is accumulated and sold to ad companies.
these apps are often given permission to look through your phone and report back other data… more than ‘simple’. browsing/shopping history at best, account creds at worst… its mostly for the same reason; advertising.
