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U.S. Government Contractor Embedded Software in Apps to Track Phones
- Terretta 6y agoWhich 500 apps, popularity ranked?
- sschueller 6y agoAnd TikTok is the problem? Come on, we need to fix the ecosystem so this type of data collection is not easily possible without users knowing and make stronger laws to prevent companies from doing it anyway (this includes making government agencies responsible and punishing the ones in charge if they do it).
- diebeforei485 6y ago> App publishers often allow third-party companies, for a fee, to insert SDKs into their apps. The SDK maker then sells the consumer data harvested from the app, and the app publisher gets a chunk of revenue. It's hard enough for users to know what exactly the apps on their phone are doing. I thought the App Store gatekeepers were protecting us from this kind of crap and cared about our privacy?
- Yhippa 6y agoI can't find anything about Anomaly Six LLC on the internet. Does anybody know what their SDK does?
- lobster45 6y agohttps://www.bizapedia.com/va/anomaly-6-llc.html https://www.bizapedia.com/va/anomaly-6-llc.html
- coldcode 6y agoThe article is pretty obfuscated. They don't say what the SDK does or is called or how to learn more about it. Location data however is only available to the app if the user gives permission to collect it, which I presume happens because of some other reason and the app developers fail to mention that its more than just the primary use of location.
- markus_zhang 6y agoI wonder why this doesn't get many clicks and comments.