Hackers Claim Massive Breach of Location Data Giant, Threaten to Leak Data (www.404media.co)
from silence7@slrpnk.net to technology@lemmy.world on 07 Jan 2025 16:45
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sunzu2@thebrainbin.org on 07 Jan 2025 16:49 next collapse

Who is the location data giant?

NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world on 07 Jan 2025 16:59 next collapse

My guess: NSA, Google, Apple, then some data selling jerks.

SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de on 07 Jan 2025 17:10 collapse

Gravy Analytics

literally the first 2 words in the article and this post

sensiblepuffin@lemmy.world on 07 Jan 2025 16:59 next collapse

Just do it. People are so numbed to the idea of their data being sold that you’re probably not going to get much money out of it.

latenightnoir@lemmy.world on 07 Jan 2025 20:29 next collapse

Seriously! The easiest way to defeat them is to remove the value they seek. And what better way to remove the value of a good in Capitalism than to start giving it away for free?

Who cares if it’s messy or embarrassing? That sounds like 60% of my day as a biological entity.

john89@lemmy.ca on 08 Jan 2025 06:53 collapse

Are you guys being sarcastic?

latenightnoir@lemmy.world on 08 Jan 2025 07:48 collapse

Dunno about OP, but I, for one, am not.

treadful@lemmy.zip on 07 Jan 2025 21:16 collapse

It would also be kind of nice for everyone to see what these people had on them and maybe how they got it.

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world on 07 Jan 2025 17:24 next collapse

In December, the FTC announced sweeping action against Gravy and Venntel, saying in a proposed order they will be banned from selling, disclosing, or using sensitive location data, except in “limited circumstances” involving national security or law enforcement. The FTC also demanded the companies delete all historic location data. The agency alleged that Gravy and Venntel violated the FTC Act by “unfairly selling sensitive consumer location data, and by collecting and using consumers’ location data without obtaining verifiable user consent for commercial and government uses.”

Ah. Meeeeemoriiieeeeees.

AbidanYre@lemmy.world on 07 Jan 2025 17:49 next collapse

Cool; another data broker no one’s ever heard of lost a bunch of personal data that no one ever wanted them to have in the first place.

BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world on 08 Jan 2025 05:07 next collapse

It says I’m at home and I don’t wanna meet up

Jimmycakes@lemmy.world on 08 Jan 2025 05:30 collapse

Oh no they got my data for the 15th time in 12 months.