Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Big Brother

Vice is reporting that the US military has been quietly purchasing location data from ordinary apps, including Muslim Pro a popular prayer app with ~100 million downloads. Others include a Muslim dating app, a popular Craigslist app, a weather app, and home DIY app, etc.

It's particularly sensitive because the US military have used other types of location data to target drone strikes.


In an update, Muslim Pro has said it will no longer share data with X-Mode whose customers include US defense contractors. 

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