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📡(RTP) Privacy & Tech Tips (rtp@fosstodon.org)'s status on Thursday, 01-Sep-2022 20:35:24 JST 📡(RTP) Privacy & Tech Tips

#FogDataScience: Databroker Using Thousands Of Android / iPhone Apps To Provide Local Police, Raw (Loc) Data
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#News #Infosec #Privacy #anonymity #GPS #Android #iPhone #EFF #4thAmendment #Law #SurveillanceCapitalism #DataBrokers
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/08/inside-fog-data-science-secretive-company-selling-mass-surveillance-local-police
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  Inside Fog Data Science, the Secretive Company Selling Mass Surveillance to Local Police
  
  from Bennett Cyphers
  
  A data broker has been selling raw location data about individual people to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies, EFF has learned. This personal data isn’t gathered from cell phone towers or tech giants like Google — it’s obtained by the broker via thousands of different apps on Android and iOS app stores as part of the larger location data marketplace.
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  📡(RTP) Privacy & Tech Tips (rtp@fosstodon.org)'s status on Saturday, 03-Sep-2022 14:57:43 JST 📡(RTP) Privacy & Tech Tips
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  One Way ?️ #Databrokers Follow Is Via Your Unique Advertising ID.
  ? TIP: Change Advertising ID Weekly (+ avoid 3rd party apps)
  Or.. Disable Advertising ID On #Android / #iPhone.
  #Apps #Privacy #HumanRights #Activism #Tips #FogReveal
  https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/05/how-disable-ad-id-tracking-ios-and-android-and-why-you-should-do-it-now
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    How to Disable Ad ID Tracking on iOS and Android, and Why You Should Do It Now
    
    from Bennett Cyphers
    
    The ad identifier - aka “IDFA” on iOS, or “AAID” on Android - is the key that enables most third-party tracking on mobile devices. Disabling it will make it substantially harder for advertisers and data brokers to track and profile you, and will limit the amount of your personal information up for...

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