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Data company sold visitor location data for 600 abortion clinics to pro-life group, senator says (therecord.media)
submitted 9 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Data company sold visitor location data for 600 abortion clinics to pro-life group, senator says::undefined

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[–] GroupNebula563 37 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

thanks for reminding me why I use an ad blocker (and why I hate pro-life fuckers)

[–] plz1 26 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Your ad blocker doesn't block location data if your mobile carrier is selling it to these brokers (and they almost certainly are).

[–] Serinus 18 points 9 months ago (1 children)

It's why there's been such an effort to move to apps instead of webpages that can do the same thing. More data collection and notifications.

[–] plz1 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That’s been the trend for more than a decade though. Some companies are more militant about it than others.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Kind of like the other site.

[–] plz1 4 points 9 months ago

Yeah, didn't want to name it, lol.