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Dangerous Apps – Inside the Data Brokers' Network
2026 • E4 Apr 7, 2026 45m
What many smartphone users know is that apps on their phones collect detailed location data. What most people do not realize, however, is that this information often ends up in an opaque global network of data brokers and advertising companies. The data is supposedly anonymous, yet it can reveal where people live and work - and even expose visits to brothels or stays at psychiatric clinics.