Samsung Smartphones in WANA Region Contain Unremovable Israeli Data-Harvesting Software
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Summary
The article exposes AppCloud, an Israeli-developed pre-installed application on Samsung A and M series smartphones in West Asia and North Africa (WANA) that cannot be easily uninstalled and raises serious privacy concerns. The software operates without a publicly available privacy policy, lacks opt-out options, and is suspected of harvesting user data, contributing to growing digital surveillance concerns in the region.
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Its privacy policy is nowhere to be found online and opting out is
growing concerns about digital surveillance have placed Israeli cybersecurity firms and their software under intense scrutiny
Among the most alarming cases is AppCloud, a pre-installed application on Samsung's A and M series smartphones
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