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Anyone can track your Location and App Use, by spending $1,000 for online ads

191 views · Published 21 October 2017 · 1:08 · Indexed 6 November 2026

Channel: Rajamanickam Antonimuthu · 2017 · Science & Technology

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A new research from the University of Washington  suggests that for roughly $1,000, someone with devious intent can purchase and target online advertising in ways that allow them to track the location of other individuals and learn what apps they are using.

The researchers discovered that an individual ad purchaser can, under certain circumstances, see when a person visits a predetermined sensitive location  within 10 minutes of that person’s arrival. They were also able to track a person’s movements across the city during a morning commute by serving location-based ads to the target’s phone.

The team also discovered that individuals who purchase the ads could see what types of apps their target was using. That could potentially reveal information about the person’s interests, dating habits, religious affiliations, health conditions, political leanings and other potentially sensitive or private information.

News Source: http://www.washington.edu/news/2017/10/18/for-1000-anyone-can-purchase-online-ads-to-track-your-location-and-app-use/

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