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Title: Apps sold location data for US military and intelligence personnel serving overseas Post by: HCK on February 18, 2025, 04:05:07 pm Apps sold location data for US military and intelligence personnel serving overseas
<div class="feat-image">(https://9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2025/02/Apps-sold-location-data-for-US-military-and-intelligence-personnel-serving-overseas.jpg?quality=82&strip=all&w=1600)</div><p>It was discovered last year that location data for US military and intelligence personnel serving overseas was being sold by a Florida-based data broker, but the source of that <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/privacy/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">sensitive data[/url] was unclear at the time.</p> <p>It’s now been revealed that the data was captured by a variety of mobile <a href="https://9to5mac.com/guides/apps/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">apps[/url] with revenue-sharing agreements with a Lithuanian ad-tech company, and then resold by an American company … </p> <a data-layer-pagetype="post" data-layer-postcategory="apps,privacy,security" data-layer-viewtype="unknown" data-post-id="989866" href="https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/12/apps-sold-location-data-for-us-military-and-intelligence-personnel-serving-overseas/#more-989866" class="more-link">more…[/url] Source: Apps sold location data for US military and intelligence personnel serving overseas (https://9to5mac.com/2025/02/12/apps-sold-location-data-for-us-military-and-intelligence-personnel-serving-overseas/) |