We all love free apps but some come at a cost. Your privacy.

These days there are apps for everything from games and fun stuff to weather and EAS alerts. Apps can cost you big-time in privacy though, sending your info to all kinds of advertisers and others.

Some, like weather apps for example, need info about you. They can't tell you what's up unless they know where you are, right? Others need access to your wi-fi, etc. Many however, call for permissions they don't need simply to get intel on you that they sell to others. Some, like #7, can even grab audio. Yep, it's listening to you!

We all love our apps, just be sure yours aren't giving up access to your bizz-ness!

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