Location data collected from mobile apps and digital advertising can reveal habits, interests and almost any other aspect of someone's life. In this report, we uncover how a geolocation surveillance system called Webloc uses ad-based data to monitor hundreds of millions of people across the globe.

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[–] 2 points 6 months ago

Wow, the article is long. Long but good so far, I'm 20% in.

Smartphones are just a clusterfuck in every last way. Maybe very technical people can avoid the worst of it. Most people can't.

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