Billboard reports on privacy concerns surrounding rapper Jay-Z and Samsung’s “Magna Carta” app, which promises to give the first one million downloaders a free copy of Jay-Z’s new album three days ahead of its official release. Upon its download, the app asks for the user’s permission for “precise GPS location” among other identifiers. Though it isn’t unusual for apps to request access to such information, recent revelations on the National Security Agency’s PRISM program may have contributed to users’ reticence to hand it over, the report states.
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