Data Brokers

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Location histories collected through embedded mobile software kits | Dead Internet Theory

Dead Internet Theory: A mobile app can pass precise location to an embedded software kit operated by another company, allowing data collected inside a familiar app to become part of a much less visible commercial location system.

Data brokers that assemble profiles from many unrelated sources | Dead Internet Theory

Dead Internet Theory: Data brokers can combine commercial records, public information, online activity, and data purchased from other brokers into composite profiles about people who may never have interacted with the broker directly.