Phone app location data brokers are a growing menace to our privacy and safety. All you did was click a box while downloading an app. Now the app tracks your every move and sends it to a broker, which then sells your location data to the highest bidder. So three cheers for the Federal Trade […]
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Data Broker Helps Police See Everywhere You’ve Been with the Click of a Mouse — EFF Investigation
Millions of Americans’ everyday movements can be traced by police with the click of a mouse and possibly without a warrant, thanks to a data broker that’s selling phone geolocation data to state and local law enforcement, an Electronic Frontier Foundation investigation has found. Views: 0
FTC Sues Data Broker Kochava Over Alleged Sale of Location Data From Millions of Phones
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing data broker Kochava Inc, alleging that it sold geolocation data from hundreds of millions of mobile devices that can be used to trace individuals’ movements to and from “sensitive locations.” The agency announced the lawsuit in a press release on Aug. 29. It claims that data from Idaho-based Kochava is formatted […]
FTC Sues ‘Massive’ Data Broker for Selling Location Info on Abortion Clinics
Image: Robert Nickelsberg Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard’s podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has sued Kochava, a large location data provider, for allegedly selling data that the FTC says can track people at reproductive health clinics and places of worship, according to an announcement […]
The happiness project: U.N. Power Broker Jeffrey Sachs Took Millions From the UAE to Research “Well-Being”
Starting in 2016, the men who run the United Arab Emirates went all-in on positivity. They installed a giant smiley face on the dome crowning a Dubai police station. They created a Ministry of Tolerance and a Ministry of Happiness, as if inspired by George Orwell. And they began funding research, bankrolling prominent global intellectuals to study […]
‘Israel’ Begged US to Broker Gaza Ceasefire – Yedioth
06-06-2021 By Staff, Agencies ‘Israeli’ newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth said Tel Aviv begged the US to mediate a ceasefire during the 11-day military aggression on the besieged Gaza Strip that prompted the Palestinian resistance to retaliate with a massive rocket barrage. Contrary to what is believed, ‘Israel’ was the side trying to achieve a truce during […]
Is Abbas rival Mohammed Dahlan the secret broker of the Israel-UAE deal?
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Is Abbas rival Mohammed Dahlan the secret broker of the Israel-UAE deal?
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Could Mohammed Dahlan be the broker of Israel-UAE agreement?
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UAE said to broker meeting between Mossad chief and top Sudanese official
The head of the Mossad spy agency reportedly met with a senior Sudanese official in a meeting organized and hosted by the United Arab Emirates, Arabic media reports said Friday. UAE national security adviser Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan had arranged the sit-down between Yossi Cohen and Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of Sudan’s […]
Egypt is not an honest broker for Palestinian reconciliation
Egypt has been claiming it is brokering efforts to end the internal Palestinian reconciliation, but after deliberate observation, it became clear that it is just leading the Palestinians to the worst end. The Egyptian security forces shot dead a Palestinian fisherman on Saturday. Abdullah Zaidan, 33, was killed on board his boat while he was […]
Report: Notorious Saudi Power Broker Bandar bin Sultan Arrested in Purge
According to a new report by Middle East Eye, Prince Bandar bin Sultan – Saudi Arabia’s most famous arms dealer, longtime former ambassador to the US, and recent head of Saudi intelligence – was among those detained as part of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s (MBS) so-called “corruption purge” that started with the initial arrests of up to […]
Velayati: Assad is Iran’s Redline
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Korean Stock Broker Leaps to Death Amid Market Plunge
NBC News Wednesday, August 10, 2011 A South Korean stock broker jumped to his death from a high-rise office amid worldwide market turmoil. The 48-year-old broker, identified only as “Seo,” sent text messages to colleagues expressing regret over severe losses, just minutes before leaping to his death Wednesday in the city of Daegu, according […]