Koch-funded group sues US state over mobile 'spyware'

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Koch-funded group sues US state agency for installing 'spyware' on 1m Android devices

The Massachusetts app, according to the legal complaint, gave the public health department, Google, application developers, and others access to the device owners' media access control addresses, wireless network IP addresses, phone numbers, contacts and emails, thus making these parties privy to the owners' personal information, location and movement.

At least two dozen other states also developed COVID-19 apps using Google APIs, but they used community outreach to encourage residents to voluntarily download the apps and opt-in for contact tracing, the court documents say.

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