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Dangerous Apps

How They Trade Your Data

52 min

Available until 14/07/2026

Presented to users as confidential and anonymous, data collected by smartphone apps are in reality sold on by traders in a vast global marketplace. The Data Broker Files investigation by a team of German journalists reveals a highly lucrative and unregulated system that is an infringment on our privacy and a clear and present danger. 

Director

  • Maximilian Zierer

  • Florian Heinhold

  • Rebecca Ciesielski

Country

Germany

Year

2026

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