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Apps targeted at US troops contain Chinese and Russian code

Dell Cameron, wired.com
Apps targeted at US troops contain Chinese and Russian code
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A study by researchers at Purdue and West Point found that over 12% of mobile apps marketed to US military personnel contain software code from China or Russia. This poses a national security risk, as foreign entities could potentially harvest location data and track troop movements.

Debugging Apps targeted at US troops contain Chinese and Russian code More than one-eighth of apps analyzed contained foreign code.

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