By now we’re all familiar with the upsides and downsides to the Google Play store’s approach to vetting apps: The upside is that it’s incredibly easy for new apps to get posted on the store. The downside is that it’s incredibly easy for shady mobile apps to get posted on the store. Technology Review points us to a new study from the-Institut Eurécom that shows us how shady Android apps might be even shadier than we ever imagined. DON’T MISS:-The funniest thing you’ll see today: Kids react to the Apple Watch According to Technology Review, researchers-Luigi Vigneri and colleagues have devised a way to tell what websites different Android apps-connecting to on a regular basis. They decided to test out

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