{"id":1280,"date":"2020-11-17T15:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-17T15:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/?p=1280"},"modified":"2020-12-24T06:38:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-24T06:38:36","slug":"the-u-s-military-is-buying-location-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/17\/the-u-s-military-is-buying-location-data\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S. military is buying location data."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" src=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Map_icon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-292\"><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Apparently<em> \u201cthe U.S. military is buying location data from some popular phone apps\u201d <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But wait, there\u2019s more: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Including<em> \u201ca Muslim prayer and Quran app that has been downloaded by 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