NSA targets Angry Birds, other apps to collect user data

While mobile games may seem like innocent time wasters, new documents have been released detailing the use of such games by the National Security Agency to track user information, such as user location, gender, age and other personal information.

Reports have been revealed by the New York Times, the Guardian and Pro Publica, which were leaked by Edward Snowden, former NSA contractor. The documents claim the NSA and its British equivalent have gathered data from multiple smartphone apps, including games like Angry Birds and other apps including Facebook, Flickr, LinkedIn and Twitter.