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Ads in popular apps exposed a mountain of your location data to hackers (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 1 month ago by GreenEngineering3475 to c/privacy
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The ads you're viewing in popular apps have been co-opted by companies harvesting your location data โ€” and now hackers have it.

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[โ€“] nalinna 12 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

That totally sucks, I'm sorry. I will freely admit to being annoyed when I try to click a top link on Google and being black-holed. Still worth it to not deal with the ads.