KrebsOnSecurity has an update on how your mobile phone is letting everyone spy on you. The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data
Not long ago, the ability to digitally track someone’s daily movements just by knowing their home address, employer, or place of worship was considered a dangerous power that should remain only within the purview of nation states. But a new lawsuit in a likely constitutional battle over a New Jersey privacy law shows that anyone can now access this capability, thanks to a proliferation of commercial services that hoover up the digital exhaust emitted by widely-used mobile apps and websites.
The details are depressing to contemplate.
Suffice it to say, if you carry your cellphone around with you, chances are you are in so many databases, that anyone who is interested can find where you live, work, etc. This is not good for a lot of people, and shouldn't be the case in any event.
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