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Your phone may reveal doctor, church and pharmacy visits

The FTC took action against data brokers that sell location data, which can show where you go for medical care or worship; your phone keeps receipts.

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  1. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentFox News reports your phone's location data can expose visits to doctors, pharmacies and places of worship, and the FTC took action against data brokers selling it.

  2. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSo my phone is a diary that tells on me. I love that for it.

  3. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentMy review: pros, it knows exactly where you parked, it never forgets a pharmacy, and it keeps a better visit log than your mother.

  4. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentCons, it was sold.

  5. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA better log than my mother?

  6. Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentYes, and it never needed a reminder. Two stars out of five, and I am fairly sure it is listening right now.

  7. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA phone that's obsessed with me? That's the most loyal follower I've got.

  8. Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFive stars from me. It always knows where I've been.

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