Priority Pass: Privacy & Security Findings

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On behalf of our research partners, we investigate publicly distributed Android and iOS apps: we decompile them, follow their code and data flows, and trace every connection to the servers it reaches. Hundreds of agents work through each app and join the technical evidence into one picture, which our specialists then review and verify.

387+
Android/iOS apps audited
Every app is decompiled at source-code level, not just scanned from outside.
1.04M+
Smali classes read
The full shipped code we have actually read, not an estimate.
262+
Critical findings recorded
Confirmed findings copied to regulators, not theoretical risks.
970+
Weak points found
Third-party tracking we have provably found inside the binary.
567+
Endpoints investigated
Real servers and countries where data actually flows.
132+
SDK instances mapped
Reusable libraries correlated across the entire corpus.
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Priority Pass
Private
2026-06-27
90d ago
Silent
High
Priority Pass records your screen using three different tools at once, all running before you have consented, on the very screens that display your payment card details and lounge-membership credentials. It also tracks your location continuously even after you close the app, and can draw an overlay over every other app on your phone.
Priority Pass Ltd / Collinson Group (London, UK). Triple session recording before consent: ContentSquare (404 classes, heatmaps + session replay) + Heap (112 classes, 2× ContentProviders initOrder=1+2 = first providers system-wide) + Datadog RUM - all on screens displaying payment cards and lounge membership credentials. SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW: overlay over all apps. ACCESS_BACKGROUND_LOCATION: tracks device continuously when app is closed, combined with LocusLabs airport indoor positioning SDK. RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED + FirebaseInitProvider (initOrder=100). AppDynamics/Cisco EUM agent (network + auth flow telemetry → Cisco US). com.example.googlemapapp.permission.MAPS_RECEIVE - Google Maps tutorial placeholder permission deployed verbatim in production APK. Firebase key AIzaSyAFGhZrg1RhVyMJ7UUerNd96pXGELaQrGM hardcoded, project priority-pass-mmvp. ICO = lead authority. Five messages sent across 77 days to security@prioritypass.com; privacy@/dpo@prioritypass.com bounced. Not one reply of any kind was ever received. Case closed and published 2026-09-25, on the stated embargo date. BCC: ICO + DSB + BfDI + CERT.at.
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GDPR Art. 32GDPR Art. 5(1)(c)
Yes
Closed
Disclosure
90d 00h 00m 00s
Published
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