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Mobile Ad Software Encourages Location Data Sharing, EFF Report Finds
cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1308919/mobile-ad-software-encourages-location-data-sharing-eff-report-finds
www.eff.org/press/releases/mobile-ad-software-encourages-location-data-sharing-eff-report-findsSome software development kits (SDKs) provided by advertising companies to help developers monetize their apps are automatically feeding users’ location data into systems that location data brokers use to track people, an Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) report found.
Electronic Frontier FoundationMobile Ad Software Encourages Location Data Sharing, EFF Report FindsSAN FRANCISCO – Some software development kits (SDKs) provided by advertising companies to help developers monetize their apps are automatically feeding users’ location data into systems that location data brokers use to track people, an Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) report found. EFF began...