Ars Technica·4 min read·hard
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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