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Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads

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1957 points apokryptein | 6 comments | 02 Feb 25 17:07 UTC | HN request time: 0.37s | source | bottom
1. amelius ◴[02 Feb 25 18:13 UTC] No.42910458[source]▶
> was shocked by the amount and types of data sent with the bids to ad exchanges.

Can this data fall into the hands of "evil" state actors, and why is Congress OK with that and not with tiktok?

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2. noonething ◴[02 Feb 25 18:52 UTC] No.42910759[source]▶
yes and China/make money.
3. eli ◴[02 Feb 25 20:40 UTC] No.42911575[source]▶
Blaming China is easy and has bipartisan appeal while actual data privacy regulations are hard and do not.
4. Argonaut998 ◴[02 Feb 25 20:48 UTC] No.42911668[source]▶
Are the police evil state actors? They purchase location data from private companies to target protesters[1]

[1]https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/08/how-law-enforcement-ar...

5. pas ◴[03 Feb 25 08:49 UTC] No.42916240[source]▶
Congress is pretty ok with whatever Trump says, we have always been at war/peace with TikTokia.
6. coldpie ◴[03 Feb 25 15:28 UTC] No.42919144[source]▶
Zuck's lobbyists pay better than China's.