The app, called Muslim Pro, collects user location data to tell them what time to pray and which direction Mecca is in. It then sells that data to a company called X-Mode, which sells to U.S. military contractors
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We found a parallel system in which a company called Babel Street sells directly to U.S. Special Operations Command. Source familiar told us that they were able to deanonymize people and "play" with the datapic.twitter.com/z45bDZ6YNj
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The companies and apps that are doing this - which include a Craigslist app I was using until I edited this story, a level app, a Muslim dating app, a storm weather app, among others - largely said they don't give a shit what happens with the datapic.twitter.com/2yUKjMip6i
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Muslim Pro says it will stop selling data to X-Mode and military after our reporting:https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5bq89/muslim-pro-location-data-military-xmode …
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But they don’t monitor these domestic terrorists that loudly promote violence on Facebook, ig, & twitter.
Kiitos. Käytämme tätä aikajanasi parantamiseen. KumoaKumoa
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Is there a similar usage, for a US bible/prayer app?
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Of course not, you think our government is worried about Christian Conservatives committing terrorist acts? Lmao
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We could better defend against terror if they just got user data from Parler.
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If their API was public, I'd be downloading and analyzing that shit on the regular.
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