The privacy wars are heating up in mobile.
Stating that device manufacturers and mobile app makers “can disclose your location information and other sensitive information to almost anyone they please-without letting you know,” Senator Al Franken made the case for launching a cohesive body of law to deal with mobile data privacy during a senate hearing on Tuesday.
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