The Trump and Biden campaigns have each developed apps aimed at rallying supporters and swaying votes, but they also collect data on their users and their friends, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis. The two apps collect and gather information about the people who download them, and about the users’ friends and acquaintances, according to a Journal comparison of their features, some of their code and messages sent. Most of the app activities happen with user consent, although both apps have features that give the...

Source: Wall Street Journal October 24, 2020 14:03 UTC