Systemic misuse of data from apps and 'advertising': vice.com/en_us/article/…
snowflake.com/datasets/x-mod…
xmode.io/snowflake-and-…
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According to its privacy policy, X-Mode shares location data including personal IDs and other info with at least 87 'customers', which it also calls 'trusted partners', listed here:
xmode.io/trusted-partne…
xmode.io/xmode-privacy-…
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- giants like Facebook, Microsoft, Telefonica, Cisco
- well-known data brokers like LiveRamp, Nielsen, Lotame
- other location data brokers like Factual
…and to many firms I never heard of. And believe me, I know a lot.
For example, according to its list of 'trusted partners', X-Mode shares location data sourced from unknown mobile apps with Culmen, a defense contractor.
culmen.com/clients
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