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Your phone talks about you behind your back. These researchers are listening in
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Quote: They're keeping track by tracking the trackers that track you.
Data trackers are everywhere on apps. Researchers want to know what info they're passing along.

When you download an app, the permissions requests and privacy policy are usually the only warnings you'll get about the data it's taking. 
Usually, you just have to take the app's word that it's grabbing only the data you've agreed to give it. 

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