The Corporate Surveillance Complex
by frankbell from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6HTN4)
The EFF reports on a promising decision by the FTC.
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| Phone app location data brokers are a growing menace to our privacy and safety. All you did was click a box while downloading an app. Now the app tracks your every move and sends it to a broker, which then sells your location data to the highest bidder, from advertisers to police. So it is welcome news that the Federal Trade Commission has brought a successful enforcement action against X-Mode Social (and its successor Outlogic). |