Privacy · 3 years ago

There’s a Multibillion-Dollar Market for Your Phone’s Location Data

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There’s a Multibillion-Dollar Market for Your Phone’s Location Data

Privacy · 3 years ago

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There’s a Multibillion-Dollar Market for Your Phone’s Location Data – The Markup

A huge but little-known industry has cropped up around monetizing people’s movements

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Capitalism and privacy violation go hand in hand.

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