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Then we scrolled over the White House. Surely not that many pings here? In the West Wing? Then this popped up. Each dot traceable, usually back to someone's home.pic.twitter.com/6AWzNlIrHT
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When we first started working with the data, we wanted to see if any sensitive sites were included. I zoomed into the Pentagon and saw this. Our jaws hit the floor. Full piece: http://nytimes.com/tracked pic.twitter.com/0GB3KnhQcR
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So there were pings at the White House. In the West Wing. But what about the "Winter White House," Mar-a-Lago? Yes. Many people were tracked there too, including people visiting when Trump was in town.pic.twitter.com/5GAVCXHPmZ
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What we found after working with the data is that we could find and track smartphones anywhere we wanted. *Every* neighborhood and street offered a glimpse into someone's private life. Are we OK with that? And for what, slightly more targeted ads and richer hedge fund managers?pic.twitter.com/kUgWyPSq4n
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Amazing work — and beautifully visualized, too
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Awesome reporting both in terms of investigation, visualisation and conclusions. Would only add that Apple could make problem go away for iPhone users - forcing others to probably follow - if it was prepared to put privacy ahead of income of its App Store developers
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Agree that Apple and Google could play a huge role here. Apple has improved things a bit by adding the option to share location "only once." Small thing but it's something. I agree they could all do more.
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Astonishing. Great work.
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Thanks so much!
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Okay this is terrifying, which of the 7 installments tells me how to turn it all off?!
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Here's a link from the article with tips on how to mitigate the tracking:https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opinion/location-tracking-privacy-tips.html…
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