Android-appen för lösenordshanterare LastPass innehåller sju olika trackers varnar en säkerhetsforskare. Rådet är – använder du lastPass – byt program för att hantera dina lösenord.
En genomgång och analys av lastPass för Android visar att appen innehåller sju olika trackers, döärib land Googles.
The Exodus report on LastPass shows seven trackers in the Android app, including four from Google for the purpose of analytics and crash reporting, as well as others from AppsFlyer, MixPanel, and Segment. Segment, for instance, gathers data for marketing teams, and claims to offer a ”single view of the customer”, profiling users and connecting their activity across different platforms, presumably for tailored adverts.
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LastPass säger att Android-appen innehåller trackers för att samla in information som används för att förbättra LastPass funktionalitet. Säkerhetsforskaren som hittat sju trackers råder användare att byta program.
”All LastPass users, regardless of browser or device, are given the option to opt-out of these analytics in their LastPass Privacy Settings, located in their account here: Account Settings > Show Advanced Settings > Privacy. We are continuously reviewing our existing processes and working to make them better to comply, and exceed, the requirements of current applicable data protection standards.” ®
Även i jämförelse med andra lösenordshanterare sticker LastPass ut:
Do all password apps contain such trackers? Not according to Exodus. 1Password has none. KeePass has none. The open-source Bitwarden has two for Google Firebase analytics and Microsoft Visual Studio crash reporting. Dashlane has four. LastPass does appear to have more than its rivals. And yes, lots of smartphone apps have trackers: today, we’re talking about LastPass.
