ExpressVPN Reveals 3 Key Location Tracking Findings 📱

Sean O’Brien, Principal Researcher of the ExpressVPN Digital Security Lab, discusses his latest research on location tracking in smartphone apps. Read the full report here: https://www.expressvpn.com/digital-security-lab/investigation-xoth?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=ExpressVPN%20Explains%3A%203%20findings%20from%20our%20research%20on%20location%20tracking

Your location and proximity tracking data is valuable to companies, criminals, and government agencies for many reasons. The collection of this data affects individuals’ privacy and their autonomy.

Our research identified location tracker SDKs in 450 apps, which have been cumulatively downloaded at least 1.7 billion times. In this video, Sean reveals worrying findings surrounding dating apps, messaging apps, and controversial tracker X-Mode.

We’d also like to thank Esther Onfroy of Defensive Lab Agency who collaborated with us on this report, and Exodus Privacy for providing a tool that helped to uncover these apps.

Digital Security Lab aims to empower consumers with useful information about their privacy, security, and rights online. Find out more: https://www.expressvpn.com/digital-security-lab?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=video&utm_campaign=ExpressVPN%20Explains%3A%203%20findings%20from%20our%20research%20on%20location%20tracking

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