Your location isn't just a pin on a map — it can reveal intimate details about your life. The value of this information to advertisers and others has made the location data business a multi-billion dollar industry.Our latest EFFector newsletterWe're covering a new EFF report on how ad libraries encourage apps to leak user location data — potentially without app developers themselves even realizing it.
For over 35 years,EffectorThis issue has been your guide to understanding the intersection of technology, civil liberties, and the law.Recently announced Flock reformsActually do,Privacy-invasive legislation,Advancing in the Senate, and,An EFF investigation into mobile ad software,.
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