Liekkö miten käytetty appi täällä Suomessa (
Truecaller, löytyy sekä Google Play että Apple Storesta), mutta helppo tapa saada omat yhteystiedot jakoon nettiin ja saattaa olla yksi syy, miksi tulee niitä mukavia spämmipuheluita "Microsoftin tuelta" sun muilta...
A weeks-long investigation by The Caravan shows the Swedish company has used India’s lack of a comprehensive legal framework surrounding data protection to advance its business.
restofworld.org
if you are listed in any of the phonebooks of a registered user of Truecaller, your privacy has already been compromised without your consent, and your phone number — possibly with your professional identity — is ready to be viewed by the whole world.
Truecaller’s database has been built by tapping four main sources: downloads of the app; white and yellow pages of foreign countries not restricted by privacy concerns; partnerships with social media platforms that publicly display numbers; and free authentication of application-programming interfaces (APIs) and software development kits (SDKs). According to the former employee interviewed by The Caravan, the number of users who have given consent for their phone numbers to be identified and added to the Truecaller database is negligible compared to those who have been added without their consent.
Eli jos kukaan, jonka puhelimessa on sinun numerosi kontakteissa käyttää kyseistä softaa, niin numerosi on jo jaossa ties missä.