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Your Apps Spy on You: What Data Are They Taking?
15 Dec, 2025
Summary
- Many popular apps harvest personal data, sometimes without consent.
- Social media apps, games, and educational tools collect vast amounts of user information.
- Users can check app privacy reports before downloading to protect their data.
Many applications on smartphones are actively collecting user data, sometimes without explicit consent, raising significant privacy concerns. This data harvesting extends to seemingly innocuous apps like games and educational tools, as well as widely used social media platforms and services.
Research indicates that social media applications are among the most data-hungry, with some sharing over 90% of customer data. Companies like Meta, Google, and PayPal have been identified as major collectors of personal information, using it for functions ranging from advertising to personalization and even other unspecified purposes.
