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Unregulated location data industry

Visualization / location, privacy, The Markup

For The Markup, continuing their reports on data privacy, Alfred Ng and Jon…
Family safety app sells location data to third parties

Data Sharing / Life360, privacy, The Markup

Life360 is a service that lets families keep track of where members are…
Your location for sale

Statistics / location, privacy, The Markup

Companies collect and aggregate location data from millions of people’s phones. Then that…
Facebook feed comparison between groups

Infographics / comparison, facebook, feed, The Markup

As part of their Citizen Browser project to inspect Facebook, The Markup shows…
Blacklight, a tool to see how the websites you visit are tracking you

Apps / ads, privacy, The Markup

Companies are tracking what you do online. You know this. But it can…
Protecting your mobile data and privacy while at a protest

Apps / mobile, privacy, The Markup

Maddy Varner reporting for The Markup:
“All protesting and all marches are a…
Testing Gmail’s tab choices on presidential candidates’ emails

Statistics / election, Gmail, Google, Guardian, The Markup

For many, Gmail automatically categorizes incoming emails to the primary inbox, promotions, and…