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  Life360 Family Tracking App Is Selling Its Customers' Precise Location Data

   Josh Centers

   Life360 is a popular alternative to Apple's Find My, letting
   subscribers keep tabs on family members, but [1]The Markup reports that
   Life360 is a major source of data for the multibillion-dollar
   location-tracking industry. Several former employees told The Markup
   that Life360 sells precise location data for its 33 million customers
   to roughly a dozen data brokers and is one of the chief providers of
   such data to the industry. Life360 recently [2]purchased tracking
   device company Tile, and despite the company's denials, it's hard to
   imagine that it won't eventually sell data from Tile trackers. This is
   yet another reminder to be careful with which apps you grant
   location-access permission. You can check which apps can access your
   location data in Settings > Privacy > Location Services.

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References

   1. https://themarkup.org/privacy/2021/12/06/the-popular-family-safety-app-life360-is-selling-precise-location-data-on-its-tens-of-millions-of-user
   2. https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/22/22797559/tile-bluetooth-tracker-location-gps-acquisition-life360
   3. https://themarkup.org/privacy/2021/12/06/the-popular-family-safety-app-life360-is-selling-precise-location-data-on-its-tens-of-millions-of-user

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