6 Apps You Should Delete ASAP, According To Privacy Experts
October 15, 2019 by Lisa Cupido
You can probably already list off five good reasons to delete apps like Facebook that are killing battery power fast and taking up 90 percent of your attention each day. But, good news: this list of apps that you might want to reconsider doesn’t include a single social media app (not even Facebook or Facebook Messenger).
And that’s because the sole concern here is to protect you from apps that could be compromising your private information.
According to PrivacyGrade, which rates apps according to how privacy sensitive they are: “Today’s smartphones have an incredible array of capabilities. Smartphones have access to our communications (email, contacts list, and social networks), activities (location, call logs, photos, accelerometers), and more. However, some apps access this sensitive data in ways that people do not expect. These are not just hypothetical risks either: several app developers have already been fined by the Federal Trade Commission for deceptive uses of people’s data.”
Here are six iPhone apps you should delete ASAP, according to privacy experts.