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Mass surveillance uncovered! Over 40,000 apps send location data
A new data set provides profound insights into the mechanisms of the data market and the vulnerability of personal data. The data set, which was obtained by the media platform netzpolitik.org via a US data trader, comprises 380 million location data from 137 countries, which are linked to around 40,000 apps.