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Welcome to Tech News Briefing. It's Wednesday June 5th. I'm Julie Chang for the Wall Street Journal

filling in for Zoe Thomas. Personal finance apps are growing in

popularity, but sharing your financial information with any app comes with risks.

We'll talk about some ways you can protect yourself with W.S.J. contributor Tomio

Jerome.

Plus, New York plans to prohibit social media companies from using algorithms to steer content

to minors unless given permission by a parent or guardian.

Reporter Jimmy Vielkind will tell us more about the state's new proposed legislation.

But first, the more apps you use, the higher the risk of hacks and data leaks.

So what does this mean for consumers who are increasingly using personal finance apps to manage their money?

Here to discuss that is Tomio Geron, who wrote about this for the Wall Street Journal.

Tomio, finance apps aren't particularly vulnerable to hacking. Any app could get hacked or breached.

But a hack on a finance app could give bad actors easy access to your funds.

So let's talk about ways you can keep yourself safe.

Starting with the very first

make sure the app

make sure the app itself is safe to use.

First, make sure that the app you use

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