This credit rating firm used Sai Baba apps to spy on people

No Images? Click here     How Sai Baba Was Made To Spy On Your Phone For Credit Ratings An Indian start-up, that few outside the fintech industry would have heard of, embedded tracking software inside popular apps, including one that streamed Sai Baba stories and another that streamed Ilaiyaraaja songs, to scoop up sensitive user data including GPS locations, and business SMSes from ecommerce sites and banks to monitor spending activity, personal contacts, and much more, HuffPost India has found. CreditVidya, a Hyderabad-based fin-tech company, ran this snooping code for several months in 2017 until a new version of Google’s Android operating system made it harder to scrape such data. The data, scooped up from users, was used to power CreditVidya’s self-learning algorithms that help lending companies determine the credit-worthiness of loan applicants.  READ HERE In case you missed it… 10 Lakh Adivasis Face Eviction From Their Land – It All Hinges On One SC Order TV Reporter Falsely Accusing Mahua Moitra Of Plagiarising Gets An Epic Dressing Down How Many Hours Sleep Do You Really Need – And What Happens If You Don't Get Them?     New to this email? You can sign up here. You can also follow HuffPost India on Flipboard. ©2019 HuffPost India | Worldmark 3, FL 3, Aerocity, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, Delhi 110037 You are receiving this email because you signed up for updates from HuffPost India. Feedback | Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe   - - Unsubscribe