flim-flam
本日の応用言語学で例としてあげたflim-flam（でたらめ，いんちき，ペテン）の用例です。とても古い表現なのですが、このように今でもたまに引っぱり出されることがあります。（UG）
“Brightest Flashlight” Android app disclosed location of 50 million people, but FTC imposes no fine
Even judging by the low standards of creepy data-mining apps, “Brightest Flashlight” did something pretty egregious. The free app, which was installed by at least 50 million Android users, transmitted users’ real-time locations to ad networks and other third parties. It was, in other words, a stalking device disguised as a flashlight.
In December, the Federal Trade Commission exposed the app’s antics and also announced a proposed settlement with the app maker, GoldenShores Technologies, a one-man operation based in Idaho. In doing so, the agency explained how Brightest Flashlight used legal flim-flam in a privacy policy and user license agreement to obscure what the app was up to.
The terms are now final, and they’re underwhelming, to put it mildly.
