Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Talk by Matthew Plascencia
socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/presentations/learning-language-privacy-language-learning-apps-and-privacy
Language learning apps are used by millions of people around the world. Many of these of these apps operate on a freemium model and pay for their free versions with ads. The infrastructure for these ads can possibly bleed into the infrastructure of the paid versions. This study seeks to verify, using open-source tools, that the paid versions of Duolingo, Busuu, and Memrise are not broadcasting user data to advertisers.
Talk by Matthew Plascencia
socallinuxexpo.org/scale/23x/presentations/learning-language-privacy-language-learning-apps-and-privacy
Language learning apps are used by millions of people around the world. Many of these of these apps operate on a freemium model and pay for their free versions with ads. The infrastructure for these ads can possibly bleed into the infrastructure of the paid versions. This study seeks to verify, using open-source tools, that the paid versions of Duolingo, Busuu, and Memrise are not broadcasting user data to advertisers.
