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#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

Inside Fog Data Science, the Secretive Company Selling Mass Surveillance to Local Police

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.

Electronic Frontier Foundation

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📡 RightToPrivacy & Tech Tips Sep 3, 2022

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

How to Disable Ad ID Tracking on iOS and Android, and Why You Should Do It Now

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...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

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📡 RightToPrivacy & Tech Tips Sep 3, 2022

"Police Wanted To Keep Surveillance App A Secret. Privacy Advocates Refused":

#News #privacy #apps #Android #iPhone #FogReveal #EFF #surveillanceCapitalism #anonymity #Anonymous

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/09/cops-wanted-to-keep-mass-surveillance-app-secret-privacy-advocates-refused/

Cops wanted to keep mass surveillance app secret; privacy advocates refused

Fog Reveal is "almost invisible" when attempting to search for it online.

Ars Technica

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Bart Sep 1, 2022

@RTP it's quite a...horrible story, in my opinion.
Especially the fact that, with a little effort and skills, non-personal data can eventually be linked to personal data. I've long believed this...but I also struggle with the concept of true anonimity; very very hard to attain. And what kind of life must you live in order to keep it that way? Do I really truly want to be completely anonymous? I would not be known....well, enough of my rambling, apologies 🙏 😄thanks for the article 👍

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📡 RightToPrivacy & Tech Tips Sep 2, 2022

@bart

Operating systems like Whonix + Tails can make it "easier" out of the box (ie: activists and journalists w/need to protect sources).

Even then, if not careful, revealing relationship / unique identifiers over exit nodes can become a liability for those ppl.

Definitely right there: it's not so "easy" to attempt to live life anonymously.

What's more livable, and doable is working towards "selective anonymity" for OSINT, or to accomplish a goal.

But agree: not as simple as it sounds. 😉