Running Apps are Great for Motivation, but Take Note of Privacy Settings

8/11/2022

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The Globe and Mail -- “What concerns us is that a large proportion of these apps also incentivize people to share sensitive information about their whereabouts including where they go on runs, or other exercises, and also where they begin and end those runs,” says Adam Bates, an associate professor of computer science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 

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This story was published August 11, 2022.