Yandex, Russia’s Google, is collecting user data from thousands of iPhone and Android apps that have millions of users.
), which reports that researcher Zach Edwards first discovered the data collection practices. Edwards analyzed the Yandex code while participating in an app auditing campaign for Me2B Alliance. Then four independent experts ran tests forYandex confirmed that it collects device, network, and IP address information from iPhone and Android. This data is then stored on servers in Finland and Russia. The company said the metadata information is non-personalized and “very limited.
The report says that some 52,000 apps with hundreds of millions of users include the Yandex SDK. That’s the AppMetrica software that helps users build applications. Like other SDKs out there, the Yandex tools might be available for free to customers. In turn, the developers have to share data user data.notes that all sorts of apps use the Yandex code that can extract user data from iPhone and Android. Games, messaging apps, location tools, and even VPN services.
That might limit tracking on iPhone to some extent, as Apple requires developers to ask permission from users to track them online. Android doesn’t have similar protections. However, some companies have tried skirting Apple’s anti-tracking features. also says that some developers have started removing the Yandex SDK from their apps. Such is the case with game developer Gismart or the Opera browser and VPN.
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