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Those new items had something to do with third-party flashlight apps being rumored to harvest/transmit personal data from Android phones to overseas developers.

Story debunked here. Stupid story got picked up by news outlets.

When I first saw "flashlight" I thought they were worried about phones catching on fire in pockets.
 
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