Big #news out of the #FTC today, as the agency bans a major location data company from tracking and selling info about people's medical visits.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/01/09/in-the-fight-over-abortion-rights-the-government-bans-its-first-company-from-tracking-medical-visits-00134510
The company, Outlogic, is one of the many @jonkeegan and @alng identified in the huge but little-known industry monetizing people’s movements: https://themarkup.org/privacy/2021/09/30/theres-a-multibillion-dollar-market-for-your-phones-location-data
@themarkup @jonkeegan @alng What I observe is things like this...
I see an AD for Subway offering a discount, but only if I order thru their "app".
I think to myself "they sell food, why do they want to push me to the app ?"
Then I realize, they want to monetize the APP being on my device, so they can track my location, sell my data, send me notifications, bother and share my contact list.
Why would I install your app ?
But I have a "spidey-sense" that many don't have the discipline for, because "convenience" and most people don't know any better.
It's just a phone, it's just an app
It won't hurt you back
#TeslaTheBand
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