Your Apps are Not Your Friend

A reading list on why you should not trust apps without independently verifying them.

(no, this page won't teach you to do that; we don't have a guide for that yet.)

EFF: Top Apps Invade User Privacy... [2020] EFF Deep Dive Report [2019] ID Theft Resource Center - Intro/Summary podcast [2024] NYT: Mobile Phones... a Privacy Battlewground [2022] Reader's Digest Spyware Apps Listicle [2024]