Location broker X-Mode continues to track users despite app store bans – TechCrunch
Location broker X-Mode continues to track users despite app store bans Apple and Google banned apps from sharing location data with a broker with links to U.S. military contractors. Hundreds of Android apps, far more than previously disclosed, have sent granular user location data to X-Mode, a data broker known to sell location data to U.S. military contractors. The apps include messaging apps, a free video and file converter, several dating sites, and religion and prayer apps — each accounting for tens of millions of downloads to date, according to new research. Sean O’Brien, principal r...