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Ads in popular apps exposed a mountain of your location data to hackers (www.androidauthority.com)
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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€“] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

What about the data collected by the advertising platform?