5 popular apps you should be wary of if you care for your data privacy

By dailyO

The Supreme Couts ruling pronounced by a nine-judge bench on August 24, 2017, was not just against storing and sharing of an individual's biometric data by UIDAI, but also raised questions on popular applications and services that silently go on collecting our personal data, often without our consent.

The digital world is not a kind place, and thus for its inhabitants, remaining oblivious to the harm of blind usage of apps and services is not an option. Hence, here are five applications/services that you should steer clear of if you want to keep your personal data, personal.

Sarahah

The app's creators say that Sarahah is essentially an anonymous messaging service, which helps people “discover their strengths and areas for improvement by receiving honest feedback from colleagues and friends in a private manner”.

Pokemon Go

When thousands across the globe embarked on a journey to “catch 'em all” in this Augmented Reality (AR) based game – Pokemon Go – little did they know they were exposing their sensitive personal data to be downloaded and used by its creators, Niantic Labs.

Angry Birds

One of the first applications of the modern era to have gone viral, Angry Birds has over a 100 million downloads on the Google Playstore, and with that unfiltered access to a 100 million contact books, message libraries, call logs, network provider device ID, and number.

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