[HN Gopher] Anomaly 6: Private spying firm targets global popula... ___________________________________________________________________ Anomaly 6: Private spying firm targets global population with illegal spyware Author : efface Score : 33 points Date : 2022-12-06 22:05 UTC (55 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (thegrayzone.com) (TXT) w3m dump (thegrayzone.com) | photochemsyn wrote: | The wikipedia article seems to spell it all out concisely: | | > "The company purchases cell phone location data from | advertisers who in turn get the information from embedded | software development kits (SDK) in commonly used phone | applications. The publishers of apps frequently allow third | parties to insert SDKs into their apps for a fee. Some of the | apps have Anomaly Six's own SDK embedded in them. This system | often relies on disclosures in the complex terms of service that | must be agreed to in order to use an application. Most apps' | privacy policies do not disclose whether or not SDKs are embedded | in their product." | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomaly_Six | | Okay, now we need a lawyer to find the explicit legal language in | the terms of service agreements that give the necessary legal | cover to the app manufacturer and distributor to install SDKs... | yamtaddle wrote: | Google? | | _Clicks link_ | | Oh, Anomaly 6 is the name of the company, not the sixth of some | number of anomalies indicating possible spying. | efface wrote: | I also found | https://www.vice.com/en/article/z3vjxj/anomaly-6-six-special... | (March 2021). | titzer wrote: | I love how understated (or frankly clueless) these articles are. | You should just assume that every mobile phone is reporting high | accuracy (< 10m) location information at all times of the day, | from tens to thousands of times a day, to a variety of | aggregators. Essentially they are little snitches and we are all | rats in a maze to their panopticon. | nonrandomstring wrote: | Something about this story (or rather; disconnected collection of | claims) doesn't read well. Can't put my finger on it though. | Maybe it's just not great writing. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-12-06 23:00 UTC)