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In the dark days, before the introduction of native tools on Android and iPhone smartphones, we were left to fend for ourselves in app stores if we found ourselves in need of a little light. While the ...

Update: And, unsurprisingly, Handy Light has been pulled, disappearing silently into the night. Handy Light, a newly-available flashlight app for the iPhone, isn’t actually a flashlight app at ...

Apple has approved a flashlight application which contains a hidden function: Data tethering for the iPhone. The app, named Handy Light, appeared to be yet another flashlight app, but by working ...

This past December, we reported that a popular Android app called Brightest Flashlight could do more than just shine light. Brightest Flashlight was a simple flashlight app that was highly-rated and ...

One of Android's most popular and highly rated apps, Brightest Flashlight Free, has been sharing user location and ID data without their consent, according to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Handy Light, a new flashlight app by developer Nick Lee, brings unofficial SOCKS Proxy tethering to the iPhone hidden behind what appears to be a simple flashlight app that uses the screen for ...

It turns out your smartphone flashlight app could be doing more than lighting up your surroundings. Security experts say some of the most popular flashlight apps for Android phones could be stealing ...

The maker of a popular Android mobile app that turns your phone into a flashlight has agreed to settle the Federal Trade Commission's charges that the software ...