Surveillance companies track smartphone users through advertising data
3 months ago
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- #advertising intelligence
- #surveillance
- In 2017, a French investigator was approached by an Israeli company at Milipol, offering a geolocation tool using mobile phone advertising data.
- Today, Adint (advertising intelligence) services use geolocation data from advertising markets to track individuals within meters.
- Around 15 companies, mostly Israeli with intelligence/military backgrounds, offer these services, alongside firms in Europe and the US.
- Data is sourced from online advertising marketplaces, collected by apps like games or weather apps under the guise of advertising.