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It's not just apps, it's the providers themselves. e.g. Sprint sells customer location/app/usage data directly [1]. They don't even try to obscure that fact. >
by dreyfan 5y ago
It's not just apps, it's the providers themselves. e.g. Sprint sells customer location/app/usage data directly [1]. They don't even try to obscure that fact.
> "Leveraging verified, first-party mobile data from more than 32 million mobile users straight off the network"
[1] https://www.inmobi.com/company/press/inmobi-acquires-u.s.-based-advertising-and-data-company-pinsight-media/ https://www.inmobi.com/company/press/inmobi-acquires-u.s.-ba...
- e40 5y agoThe only solution to this is legislation. None of the politicians seem to care, I wonder why (follow the money... both sides of the isle are paid off).
- brewdad 5y ago> both sides of the isle are paid off The expression is both sides of the aisle since traditionally each party sits on its own side of the legislative hall. I like this use however since it suggests they are all off on an island separate and distant from the rest of us.
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