Location Loopholes: How Android Apps are Leaking User Data to Advertisers The convenience of modern life comes with a price – our digital footprints are being tracked and sold to the highest bidder.
A recent investigation by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has shed light on a disturbing trend among Android app developers, who may be unwittingly sharing their users' location data with advertisers and data brokers.
Granting permission for an app to access your device's precise location seems like a reasonable trade off for services that rely on this information.