Majority of health apps on Android tested shared personal health data

Re:Majority of health apps on Android tested shared personal... by lotsofpulp on Friday March 22, 2019 @08:56AM (#19462067)

I assume everyone who uses mobile networks has their location data being stored, shared, and sold by the mobile network companies. I assume government agencies and other people in positions of power can easily get identifiable information, and advertisers or other businesses can purchase "anonymized" information. At this point, I'm not sure what else is left to protect.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/verizon-and-att-...

They claim they're stopping, but I don't see why I should believe them.

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Re:Majority of health apps on Android tested shared personal... by nerdponx on Friday March 22, 2019 @10:21AM (#19462730)

Because one industry does it, does that mean we just give up and let everyone do it?

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Re:Majority of health apps on Android tested shared personal... by gruez on Friday March 22, 2019 @10:02AM (#19462554)

Mobile network location data is much more coarse than GPS data, so there's "that" to protect.

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Re:Majority of health apps on Android tested shared personal... by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday March 22, 2019 @10:55AM (#19463090)

Are you sure? If the data in question also covers WiFi signals, which include the signals emitted by every phone near you, then I'm not sure the data really is that coarse.

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Re:Majority of health apps on Android tested shared personal... by gruez on Friday March 22, 2019 @11:12AM (#19463297)

I'm presuming here the location data is gathered outside of the phone (eg. by cell towers), not the phone itself. If you have access to the phone itself (eg. malicious app), then you can easily get GPS data as well.

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