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I suspect Flurry.com gets their money from government agencies to do the DATA MINING* for them, @mvnla2. The NSA, et.al does not have the time or resources to collect all of this data. There are certain elements of user data that will trigger red flags, which get reported to government security agencies. therefore giving them the ammo to investigate “persons of interest.”
How do they do it? For example, if I want to download an app from Google Play Store, either purchased or free, I must allow the app permission to access Network Communication, Internet History and Bookmarks, Phone Calls, System Tools, GPS locator, or a myriad of other data from our devices. Otherwise, I would not be able to install the app if I don’t click on the “Accept” button.
There have been many times I did not install an app because I did not want certain types of info being collected.
Of course, there are those apps/games that we must use/have (email/ABx) to function and go about our daily activites. So unless I need to have access to the internet, I place my device in Airplane Mode, to avoid those annoying in-app purchase ad pop-ups. As @Les-Toreadors says, TURN OFF THE DATA, and @AMSlimfordy’s advice to be very careful of what you share while online.
That’s my two cents!
*Data mining happens all the time. I used to be an admin for a website a few years ago, and one of my responsibilites was to collect members’ data from competitor websites.