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AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

Data Broker Veraset Gave Bulk Device-Level GPS Data to DC Government

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Data Broker Veraset Gave Bulk Device-Level GPS Data to DC Government

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AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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In the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, a location data broker called Veraset offered officials in Washington, DC full access to its proprietary database of “highly sensitive” device-level GPS data, collected from cell phones, for the entire DC metro area.The officials accepted the offer,...
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