What we found
Temu Tablet (Generic): FParent company is a proven malware distributor. Tablets ship with factory-installed spyware.
Grizzly Research (Sep 2023): "most dangerous app in wide circulation" with "full array of characteristics of most aggressive malware/spyware." Dynamic code compilation via runtime.exec, 18 dangerous permissions (audio, camera, GPS, clipboard), proprietary encryption. NTC Switzerland (Dec 2024) confirmed dynamic code loading.
Fire Tablet / Fire Kids: FThe FTC fined Amazon $25 million for keeping children's voice recordings after parents asked them deleted.
The FTC fined Amazon $25 million in 2023 for violating COPPA through Alexa's data retention of children's voice recordings and personal information. Fire Kids tablets include Alexa, connecting children to the same data infrastructure that the FTC found violated children's privacy. Amazon retained children's voice recordings even after parents requested deletion.
Apple iPad (10th Gen): DPrivacy is a human right — unless Apple wants to run ads. Opt-out toggle does nothing.
Apple Search Ads is exempt from the ATT prompt because Apple classifies its own tracking as "first-party." Apple's ad revenue grew 238% post-ATT (Financial Times, Oct 2022). Apple collects App Store search queries, tap behavior, ad views, and session data to serve targeted ads.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S9: D$800 tablet that shows ads in the weather app. Facebook pre-installed and undeletable.
Samsung embeds ads in stock apps (Weather, Samsung Free, Pay, Health, Gaming Hub). Ad SDK is non-removable system component. Samsung Ads Privacy Notice confirms Samsung operates its own ad network collecting identifiers, online activity, geolocation.