Eldorado Posted November 18, 2020 #1 Share Posted November 18, 2020 The U.S. military is buying the granular movement data of people around the world, harvested from innocuous-seeming apps, Motherboard has learned. The most popular app among a group Motherboard analyzed connected to this sort of data sale is a Muslim prayer and Quran app that has more than 98 million downloads worldwide. Others include a Muslim dating app, a popular Craigslist app, an app for following storms, and a "level" app that can be used to help, for example, install shelves in a bedroom. Full story at Vice magazine: Link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoofGardener Posted November 18, 2020 #2 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Scary stuff. Kids these days seem to have NO idea how much of themselves they are revealing on their mobile phones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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