📍 The Sneaky Code Tracking App Users | EFFector 38.15
Your location isn't just a pin on a map—it can expose some of the most intimate details about your life. The value of this information to advertisers and others has turned the location data business into a multi-billion dollar industry. In our latest EFFector newsletter , we're covering a new EFF report on how ad libraries encourage apps to leak user location data—potentially without app…
In the latest EFFector newsletter, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has published a report on how ad libraries enable apps to unintentionally disclose user location data. This potentially sensitive information, which can reveal intimate details about individuals' lives, has become a lucrative commodity for advertisers and other entities. The multi-billion dollar industry surrounding location data has seen recent developments, as highlighted in the EFF's investigative report.
The newsletter also addresses recent reforms in Flock, privacy-invasive legislation advancing in the Senate, and an EFF investigation into mobile ad software. For listeners who prefer audio content, EFFector is now accessible on all major podcast platforms. The latest episode covers the new EFF report on mobile ad libraries and features a conversation with EFF Executive Director Nicole Ozer about the significance of digital rights in modern life.
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