The U.S. military has been buying location data gathered from mobile apps that are downloaded millions of times around the world, including several designed to be used by Muslims, according to a new report.
The investigation launched by Motherboard, an online magazine owned by American-Canadian Vice Media group, has found that the U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), a branch of the military focused on counterterrorism, was obtaining location data from several companies.
The most popular app among those targeted was a Muslim prayer and Quran app called Muslim Pro, which gives users precise prayer times and shows the direction of the Holy Kaaba in Mecca in Saudi Arabia. The app has been downloaded over 98 million times worldwide.
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