Over 100 apps that sold location data to sketchy data broker revealed

The controversial data broker X-Mode bought location data from Bro, a dating app for “bi, gay, and open-minded men,” the virtual makeup app Perfect365, and the popular live streaming app Tango, along with dozens of other specific phone apps that The Markup has identified as participating in the multibillion-dollar location data trade. The Markup obtained a sample dataset consisting of location data X‑Mode purchased in 2018 and 2019. The data was sourced from 107 apps, with more than 50,000...