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Kim Komando Today

Apps that are tracking you and stealing your data

Kim Komando Today

WestStar Multimedia Entertainment, Inc

News, Tech News, Technology

4.8770 Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever had an app ask you to access your phone's location? How about the app that wants access to your smartphone camera and contact list. It has become second nature to share this info with the app, but did you ever stop to think: where does all this data go? Our lives are being tracked and sold to companies. In this podcast you will learn who is tracking you, how they can get to your personal information and most importantly where your data is being sent.

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0:00.0

From commando.com, this is Commando on demand, where we talk to industry movers and shakers

0:08.5

to help keep you up to date on everything digital. Don't miss new episodes every Wednesday and

0:14.1

Friday. What if I told you that every single moment of your life is tracked, stored, and then

0:20.7

sold to companies? Would you believe me?

0:24.2

Now, we've warned you about this before in a recent podcast about tracking technology, but there's

0:29.9

been some new developments within the past year. We've seen horrendous illegal surveillance

0:36.0

and data breaches by hackers and major corporations alike.

0:40.1

But high-tech surveillance equipment and trained hackers aren't even the half of it.

0:45.0

I'm Mike James in for Kim Commando, and you're listening to Commando on Demand.

0:49.3

By the end of this podcast, you'll know firsthand who's tracking you,

0:53.6

how they can get your personal information,

0:56.1

and most concerning of all, just where all that information is being sent.

1:17.4

This information is being sent. This information is being traded between brokers so they can create a better, more comprehensive profile of you.

1:23.7

You know, one of the concerns that has been raised about this is that information may be getting into your profile that might not be correct.

1:32.3

And as long as we're on guard, the future of America is secure. They're taking your phone number, your GPS location data, they're even taking over your entire

1:38.3

network operating system, meaning if you're banking on another app, they can sniff that and see the banking information that you're sending.

1:46.6

But the data that was collected for your convenience,

1:50.1

and thus became a rewarding source for intelligence agencies,

1:53.9

was willingly supplied by all of us to the Facebooks, Googles, and Twitters of our world.

2:06.0

Thank you. Facebook's, Googles, and Twitters of our world. Well, welcome to the future, folks.

2:08.3

We're talking about the increased threat to your personal information and who exactly is trying to get at it.

2:15.1

At this very moment, your data is being tracked and sold to companies

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