AccuWeather iOS app misleads users as it sends location data even when denied access

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By Greg BarbosaAug 21, 2017, 9:24 pm995 ptsHot
AccuWeather on iOS may be violating Apple’s developer agreement as well as user trust, a new security audit reveals. Will Strafach, a security researcher, discovered that the iOS weather app is potentially sending out the identifiable user and device information to a third-party company even when location…

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