#Patternz and #Nuviad enable potentially hostile governments to track individuals by misusing ad bidding.

In theory, the pair are separate firms, but in practice they appear joined at the hip.

Tens of thousands of phone apps are unwittingly playing a part. National security agencies around the world can precisely target a person of interest, track their movements, watch their proximity to others and even push #malware to their devices.

The CEO of both is Rafi Ton (pictured). In #SBBlogwatch, we unpick the supposedly sordid story. At @TechstrongGroup’s @SecurityBlvd: https://securityboulevard.com/2024/01/patternz-nuviad-adtech-spies-richixbw/?utm_source=richisoc&utm_medium=social&utm_content=richisoc&utm_campaign=richisoc