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Ads in popular apps exposed a mountain of your location data to hackers (www.androidauthority.com)
submitted 3 weeks 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 — and now hackers have it.

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[–] Anticorp 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I only ever look for apps by name, and the top results are always different apps than what I typed in, so for me they're completely irrelevant trash.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Ahh I can see that. I'm usually looking for a list of products by class, or a very worst a specific product. I'm going to end up buying it from Target Walmart or Amazon, so that top search result is 1/3 of my research out of the way.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

That's just a list of things you should always avoid anyways..