Digital privacy in 2021: Take a hard look at your apps

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If you’ve ever used an app for messaging, dating or even praying, your secrets have gone to X-Mode, which sells location data to military contractors. Which apps are tracking you the most? Kim talks to Sean O’Brien, the principal researcher at ExpressVPN’s Digital Security Lab, about all the creepy details. By the time you’re done, you’ll be looking at your phone in a whole new light.

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