Apps like Grindr, Tinder and Happn are (over-)sharing data about sexuality, religion, and location with a shadowy network of data brokers. And it's not just dating apps that are doing it...
To its fans, Venmo is a hassle-free P2P app that lets anyone living in the US send money to friends, split a restaurant bill, pay for a ride on Uber, or buy a hotel room. To the security conscious, it's a privacy nightmare.
A team of researchers has published a paper claiming they can track a Waze driver's exact route using thousands of simulated "ghost" vehicles in the app.