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An investigation exposes data brokers using ads to help track almost any phone
The tool precisely can track a phone’s movement.
An investigation conducted by a data privacy group has revealed a vast tracking network that can follow the movements of a person’s phone, according to reports from 404 Media and Krebs on Security. The people-tracking service, called Locate X, reportedly lets users follow a device using its mobile advertising identifier, a unique number assigned to phones. Access to Locate X is supposed to be limited — it’s previously been used by government agencies like the Secret Service and the Department of Homeland Security — but Atlas also found Babel Street’s sales team didn’t always comply with the company’s stated restrictions.
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