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Tonight the hugely popular social media app tiktok has been banned by the u.s. army citing national security concerns. we get more from nbcs gadi schwartz. >> reporter: in videos around the world, u.s. soldiers have been posting tiktoks about everything from training to active duty to homecomings. but tonight word from the army and navy that tiktok, seen as a cyber threat, is no banned from all government devices while soldiers can still use tiktok on their personal phones, its discouraged an ab...

Services. the other thing, disable something called the mobile add i.d., a unique code that every phone has. the collection and selling of the location data for now is completely legal and totally unregulated. stephanie gosk, nbc news, new york. >>. >> now i know what ill be doing the next half hour. coming up, the good, the bad and the ugly that happened this week and were far beyond the belt where including a comedy legend returning to where it all started, right here. >> if you had told me ...

>> you have all of these data points and you can put them all together seamlessly, you can actually figure out who it is its very difficult to keep it anonymous. >> reporter: so what can be done short of turning your phone off altogether go into your privacy settings and manage location services. the other thing you can do is disable something called the mobile ad i.d. this is a unique code that every phone has the collection and selling of the location data for now is completely legal and total...

Basically the mobile phone application that we use, a lot of them end up sending our location data and advertisers can bid on it and the data is often been used by political groups known its something companies have long used and its finally entering this political realm, whether his presidential campaigns, political pacs or other groups. see when you said thats part of it, whats the other part. >> it gets technical so bear with me. certain apps tell you they are sending your data. one way that ...

Point cloud is created and uploaded to an open source client system the app uses the information to find its way in the real world and all gamers are able to see the. gamers can work together to create i could textual masterpieces but at the same time they are also in directly working for microsoft for free its no secret that microsoft google and co collect as much location data as they can through my phone so long as i dont opt out the data collected from microsoft earth is going straight into ...

Objects in this. game most can work together to create architectural masterpieces but at the same time theyre also in directly working for microsoft for free its no secret that microsoft google and co collect as much location data as they can through my phone so long as i dont opt out the data collected from minecraft earth is going straight into microsofts cloud system and is helping create a super precise 3 d. model of the earth this troubles privacy advocates now microsoft insists that no pho...

Stores location data on millions of people through android phones and apps like google maps. when people are looking for a suspect, they select an area and time period. google then pulls the info and sends it to police. google ceo insist its aboveboard when done with a search warrant. >> we comply with law enforcement requests. >> the law enforcement immunity agrees. >> its all about a connection of bluetooth beacons, gps, cellular towers, and wi-fi. all fused together in the line. >> still, law...

I think the cohen documents, something like 800 pages, shows you theres a lot more that we dont know about yet thats still to come. they even moved location data to pinpoint his location. if they were doing that with michael cohen back to 2017, who else were they scrutinizing at that level. >> i just talked to congressman gomez about back and forth in the white house and house in terms of document production, you wonder if the refusal to hand over documents is a trial run, the warm up for what i...

Many vinyls under investigation, so many process serve that we barely flinch when we hear about these kinds of things. i think the cohen documents, something like 800 pages, shows you theres a lot more that we dont know about yet thats still to come. they even moved location data to pinpoint his location. if they were doing that with michael cohen back to 2017, who else were they scrutinizing at that level. >> i just talked to congressman gomez about thback and forth in the white house and house...

Violations after two women were paid to remain silent about alleged affairs prior to the presidential election. president trump denies their allegations. the unsealed records show federal investigators also wanted historical and future location data for cohens iphone. to confirm from where he sent and received emails. in april 2018, the fbi sought and obtained authority to use an electronic technique known as triggerfish. on fox, the former dressers official said the investigative strategy is no...