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Nexus X HumectressBy Lee Fang The Intercept
The company formerly known as X-Mode is now part of a federal government contractor that sells location data quietly harvested from apps.
In January, The Markup revealed a list of apps that have sold location data to X-Mode, a controversial data broker that claims to cover “25%+ of the Adult U.S. population monthly.” The data broker, which has faced intense criticism from privacy advocates, tracks the location and movement of users by planting special lines of code in over 100 apps, including data, music, weather, and Muslim prayer apps.
Federal contracting records show that both the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Homeland Security are among the federal agencies that have recently contracted with X-Mode’s parent company, Digital Envoy. Previous reporting showed X-Mode, which recently rebranded as Outlogic, has also been used by various branches of the military.
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