Apps are sharing more of your data with ad industry than you may think

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 13:43:44 +0000

Apps like Grindr, Tinder and Happn are (over-)sharing data about sexuality, religion, and location with a shadowy network of data brokers. And it’s not just dating apps that are doing it…<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/NPeC4ksaHAY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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New York City moves to protect citizens’ location data

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2019 12:13:19 +0000

New York City is considering a law that could stop cellphone carriers and smartphone app vendors from selling their location data.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/EEMeIRvhNwI” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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