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Pandora sends user GPS, sex, birthdate, other data to ad servers

From: Karl Dubost <karld@opera.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 17:18:25 -0400
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In Pandora sends user GPS, sex, birthdate, other data to ad servers
At http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/2011/04/pandora-transmits-gps-gender-birthdate-other-data-to-ad-servers.ars

Pandora's Android app transmits a plethora of 
personal information to third parties after all, 
at least according to an analysis done by security 
firm Veracode. The company decided to do a 
follow-up on the news that Pandora—among other 
mobile app makers—was being investigated by a 
federal grand jury, and found that data about the 
user's birth date, gender, Android ID, and GPS 
information were all being sent to various 
advertising 


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Karl Dubost - http://dev.opera.com/
Developer Relations & Tools, Opera Software
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