'Anonymous' Smartphone Location Data Isn't so Anonymous, Finds NYT Investigation

as declared in "Anonymous" location data collected by smartphone apps can easily be connected to individual users, a new investigation from the New York Times (nyt) found. NYT reviewed a database of 2017 information from a company that contained location data accurate to within yards and updated thousands of times a day. Location data companies pay half a cent to two cents per user per month, the NYT reports. Many smartphone apps require location services to be turned on to function — such as weather apps, maps or mobility services. Privacy activist Adam Harvey called on the New York Times to reveal how much information it keeps on its own readers.

Global Smartphone Audio Codecs Market 2018-2022| Increasing Mobile Data Traffic Drives Growth| Technavio

Technavio has released a new market research report on the global smartphone audio codecs market for the period 2018-2022. (Graphic: Business Wire)Technavio has released a new market research report on the global smartphone audio codecs market for the period 2018-2022. (Graphic: Business Wire)LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Technavio's global smartphone audio codecs market research report forecasts the market to grow at a CAGR of over 3% during the forecast period. The growing popularity of social networking applications will be one of the major trends in the global smartphone audio codecs market during 2018-2022. To convert raw audio into higher-quality audio formats, an audio codec IC and software are integrated into the smartphone."Global smartphone audio codecs market: Segmentation analysisThis global smartphone audio codecs market analysis report provides market segmentation by type (hardware and software) and by region (the Americas, APAC, and EMEA).

Facebook App is the Data Vampire You Invited Onto Your Smartphone – NextBigFuture.com

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