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FTC lawsuit spotlights a major privacy risk: From call records to sensors, your phone reveals more about you than you think

  • Written by Susan Landau, Professor of Cyber Security and Policy, Tufts University
imageWhere you've been and who you've interacted with are not difficult for governments and corporations to find out.Maskot via Getty Images

The Federal Trade Commission filed suit against Kochava Inc. on Aug. 29, 2022, accusing the data broker of selling geolocation data from hundreds of millions of mobile devices. Consumers are often unaware that...

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