The Creepiest Apps for iPhone, Android, and the Web

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I love trying out apps on my Android smartphone. I'm constantly downloading new ones, even if most of them end up getting dumped after a few days. Perhaps I should be a more judicious downloader, at least according to Senior Editor Mark Sullivan. He went on a scouting mission to the dark side of app-land and came back with "Nine Creepy Apps for Android, iOS, and the Web"--a clutch of truly distasteful applications. I know you, enlightened reader of this newsletter, would never engage in the kinds of unsavory behavior these apps enable. But feel free to indulge in the guilty pleasure of seeing what nastiness others have concocted. I give you permission to peek. After all, it's only human nature. --Editorial Director Steve Fox Top Stories Nine Creepy Apps for Android, iOS, and the Web Ranging from apps that seem designed with stalkers in mind, to apps that facilitate what looks a lot like prostitution, we found plenty of programs that vie for the "creepy" crown. 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