Dave Rahardja on Nostr: Any information collected that can be abused will eventually be abused, especially by ...
Any information collected that can be abused will eventually be abused, especially by businesses whose profits come from selling user information.
After all, location-based ad bidding can’t be separated from location collection, now, can it? And a company that collects user-identifiable location is sitting on a valuable trove of data that it will be tempted to sell downstream (or provide to its new owners through acquisition).
#privacy #adTech #advertising #apps
“Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location”
https://www.404media.co/candy-crush-tinder-myfitnesspal-see-the-thousands-of-apps-hijacked-to-spy-on-your-location/
After all, location-based ad bidding can’t be separated from location collection, now, can it? And a company that collects user-identifiable location is sitting on a valuable trove of data that it will be tempted to sell downstream (or provide to its new owners through acquisition).
#privacy #adTech #advertising #apps
“Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location”
https://www.404media.co/candy-crush-tinder-myfitnesspal-see-the-thousands-of-apps-hijacked-to-spy-on-your-location/