Meitu has a tracking problem, not a spying problem

Is the hot new camera app hiding something? That was the question bubbling up this week, as a Chinese photo-editing app called Meitu began to catch on with stateside users. It was a natural hit, trading in gauzy filters as recognizable as they are shareable. But while out-of-nowhere naivete was part of the app’s appeal, it didn’t sit well with everyone, particularly once they started analyzing the code itself. Meitu was full of unusual code, potentially exposing sensitive information