Reportedly, a US government contractor ‘Anomaly Six’ has location tracking software hidden in more than 500 mobile apps.
A report from the Wall Street Journal revealed an upsetting development pertaining to mobile phone tracking. According to a report, a US-based company called Anomaly Six has strong ties with national security agencies that deploy a software development kit (SDK) in over 500 mobile applications that are used by hundreds and thousands of citizens.
Through this, they are able to track movement or obtain the phone’s location with discretion.
The Virginia based company, Anomaly Six was founded by two US military veterans whose previous work experience resided in working closely with government agencies, mainly intelligence. The article mentions:
“Anomaly Six is a veteran-owned small business that processes and visualizes location data sourced from mobile devices for analytics and insights.”
However, the company is now drawing watchful eyes pertaining to its operations. But they claim that they are simply leveraging commercially available location data, lawfully.
“We leverage detailed location data from numerous first-party sources to provide insights into groups, behaviors, and patterns.”
Despite claims, Anomaly six’s website has no implications whatsoever about the SDK in their privacy policy nor do the mobile applications using the SDK ensue any connotation. Even if the smartphone user decides to dive into action and read service agreements published by popular applications in question, it would be a total waste of time. The apps do not mention anything related to Anomaly Six tracking software or their partnership.
