Google has SAFGRAFT BANNED, a company that captured and sold the location data of Android users. Android developers who used the company’s software development kit (SDK) were given seven days to eliminate Safgram location collection tools from their applications or face a possible expulsion from the game store, as reported the motherboard.
Some of the data saphragraphs obtained were applications that took advantage of the SDK. The applications were able to trace the locations of the users, although many people do not know how companies use their data.
Google pulled out the hammer in Safgraph at the beginning of June. It is not clear if any application is still using the SDK or if Google has taken measures against developers who have not eliminated Safeguard add-ons. Engadget has been contacted Google to comment.
With the context, it is possible to discover details about individuals using location data, even when it is supposedly anonymous. The database purchased in Safgraph showed the movement of users between the points of interest. The company also sells secondary information from other companies to increase location data, according to the report. It is said that other data sets include the names of people who own property in the US. UU., Which could reveal details about individual users.
Reportedly, Safegraph sells its location data to almost anyone who is willing to pay it. It is said that centers for control and disease prevention are among SafgraphGraph customers, while the New York Times used Safgraph data for a project that showed people after the Covid blocking restrictions -19 They loosened. The publication said the motherboard added the location data.
In February, Google took a similar action against Predice, which is linked to a company called Venntel. The public contracts that arose last year showed that the customs and protection of US borders. UU purchased VentnL data, according to reports, for the follow-up of unsecured telephones. Google and Apple Both banned X mode, another location data agent, last December. The location data runners sometimes pay the application developers to use their tracking code so they can sell the information, which is against Google’s rules.
