Were you one of the 100 million Android users that downloaded the Brightest Flashlight Free app? Did you conscientiously click “no” when asked if you’d like to allow the app to track your ...

Many of the top downloadable flashlight apps are accessing sensitive user data and compromising the safety of your device. Here’s a rundown of the top offenders and what to do about it.

Finding a good flashlight on Android is more challenging than you'd think. In this roundup, we have the best Android flashlight apps!

Android permissions and, specifically, Android flashlight apps have been getting a lot of scrutiny lately. Is there cause for concern? Let's find out.

A popular flashlight Android app with an installed base of between 50 million and 100 million users has also been collecting personal data including location and device ID and sharing it with ...

Flashlight Free: No Permissions (Android): Technically, this bare-bones app has one permission — a camera permission to access the flash LED.

Reliable Flashlight 2 + Camera is an Android app that aims to do exactly what you think it does, by offering users a quick, simple and useful flashlight app. Called reliable because it stays on in ...

The settlement against Goldenshores Technologies, which makes the “Brightest Flashlight Free” app, comes as the FTC is taking a closer look at app developers, websites and other companies that ...

One of Android's most popular and highly rated apps, Brightest Flashlight Free, has been sharing user location and ID data without their consent, according to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

The Brightest Flashlight Free app shared location information even though it told users they could turn sharing off, the agency alleges The developer of a popular flashlight app for Android ...

The app, Brightest Flashlight Free, has been downloaded tens of million times by customers, since it was uploaded to the Android app store on 8 September 2013.