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Mega-Popular Muslim Prayer Apps Were Secretly Harvesting Phone Numbers
Photo: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket (Getty Images)Google recently booted over a dozen apps from its Play Store—among them Muslim prayer apps with 10 million-plus downloads, a barcode scanner, and a clock—after researchers discovered secret data-harvesting code hidden within them. Creepier still, the clandestine code was engineered by a company linked to a Virginia defense contractor, which…