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Uncovering Webloc: An Analysis of Penlink’s Ad-based Geolocation Surveillance Tech – The Citizen Lab

Location data collected from mobile apps and digital advertising can reveal habits, interests and almost any other aspect of someone’s life. In this report, we uncover how a geolocation surveillance system called Webloc uses ad-based data to monitor hundreds of millions of people across the globe.

https://citizenlab.ca/research/analysis-of-penlinks-ad-based-geolocation-surveillance-tech/