Tens of thousands of phone locations for sale: Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones is available to purchase from marketing and ads companies

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Tens of thousands of phone locations for sale: Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones is available to purchase from marketing and ads companies

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Technology@programming.devEnglish · 2 days ago

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Security concern as tens of thousands of phone locations for sale

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Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of smartphones in Ireland is available to purchase within the digital marketing and advertising industries, an undercover Prime Time investigation has found.

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