#geolocationdata — Public Fediverse posts

Question for folks who download podcasts. What podcast player do you use ?

Lately, I have been noticing geolocation-specific ads in my podcasts on an android phone. Is this the client (antennapod) offering up my location, or entrepreneurial hustle from filehosting websites ?

#podcasts #podcast #PodcastPlayer #antennapod #GeolocationData

https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2025/01/16/gm-ftc-driver-data-consent/77752721007/
… #information, if divulged to #autoinsurance companies, could increase a driver’s costs. Evidence of hard-braking, driving late at night and speeding could be used against that person.

“GM monitored and sold people’s precise #geolocationdata and #driverbehavior information, sometimes as often as every 3 seconds,” #FTC Chair Lina M. Khan said. “With this action, the FTC is safeguarding Americans’ #privacy and protecting people from unchecked #surveillance.”

#driverdata

Data broker selling de-anonymized info to face FTC lawsuit after all - Enlarge (credit: Malte Mueller | fStop)

The Federal Trade Comm... - https://arstechnica.com/?p=2001413 #personallyidentifiableinformation #federaltradecommission #onlineadvertising #geolocationdata #onlineprivacy #databroker #linakhan #kochava #policy #ftc