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by nacho2sweet 2668 days ago
Where you been? these apps track your GPS coordinates 24/7, have your mic open all the time and get access all your contacts. They then sell this data from data aggregator to data aggregator and finally this data was being sold to bounty hunters or anyone who knew someone with access for a few hundred bucks. You can have an ex, stalker, business competitor etc buy your trove.

Did you read about the Cambridge Analytica scandal at all either? I mean if you are fine about someone knowing about everything you ever clicked like on online and directing adds to rile you up politically then fine. Let the algorithms feed you man.