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📌 Even CandyCrush, Tinder and other apps could reveal your location
A security breach at location data firm Gravy Analytics has revealed that thousands of apps, including games like Candy Crush, dating apps like Tinder, and health tracking apps like MyFitnessPal, are being used to collect users' location information, Wired reports.
https://www.wired.com/story/gravy-location-data-app-leak-rtb/
This data collection is done through the advertising ecosystem without users or even app developers necessarily being aware of it.
Gravy Analytics, a key company in the location data industry, has even sold this data to the US government. The list of affected apps also includes pregnancy trackers, religious prayer apps, and several VPN apps.
A security breach at location data firm Gravy Analytics has revealed that thousands of apps, including games like Candy Crush, dating apps like Tinder, and health tracking apps like MyFitnessPal, are being used to collect users' location information, Wired reports.
https://www.wired.com/story/gravy-location-data-app-leak-rtb/
This data collection is done through the advertising ecosystem without users or even app developers necessarily being aware of it.
Gravy Analytics, a key company in the location data industry, has even sold this data to the US government. The list of affected apps also includes pregnancy trackers, religious prayer apps, and several VPN apps.