Who doesn’t love a good motorcycle racing game, right? How about one easily available on Google Play, a “safe” place for all your Android app desires? How about a bike racing game that sticks with you so much, you can’t easily uninstall it? And it displays hidden ads? Wait, what!? That’s right! In the slideshow below, a game titled Motorcycle Race—Bike Race (package name: com.bikeme.racersm) has rave reviews by users who demand to know how to uninstall the game. Click to view slideshow. Rev your engines for heightened privileges So how does one get into such a predicament? That all starts with the install process. Upon installing Motorcycle Race—Bike Race, the first screen asks to Activate device administrator. Okay, so obviously a bike racing game requesting device administrator rights with permission to Lock the screen is a big red flag. However, if you didn’t catch that, there’s another clue that something is amiss. Look at the app name asking for permission: Media Pla...
If you don’t already own Internet of Things (IoT) devices, you likely will soon. IoT-enabled devices are physical gadgets with built-in Internet connectivity that allow data transmission; often this happens in the background with no indication to the user that anything is happening. The IoT is more like the Internet of Everything—statistics indicate within the next couple of years, there will be three IoT devices for every adult and child on the planet. So, should people be concerned about consumer privacy and data security if these gadgets are always on and ready to transmit information whether we realize it or not? Let’s take a look. Rise of the IoT brings new security concerns The functionality and capabilities of IoT devices bring about realities that haven’t been dealt with before. Many people know they can opt out of some data collection techniques used on websites. However, if they do that with most IoT devices, the decision typically impacts how the gadgets work and may r...
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