[HN Gopher] Anomaly 6: Private spying firm targets global popula...
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       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."
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       | 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.
        
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