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Oil traders are now watching workers’ phones to spot problems at refineries

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    retiredrugger
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    It's a shame the article doesn't explain what apps were giving away location data. I assume the data comes from a specific app that only oil workers have otherwise I find it very disturbing if...

    It's a shame the article doesn't explain what apps were giving away location data. I assume the data comes from a specific app that only oil workers have otherwise I find it very disturbing if they can just acquire that data from other companies.

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    1. vakieh
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      Because 99.999% chance the data mining companies wouldn't even tell the truth about that if you had a subpoena. Ninja edit: Hah! The mining company in question shares a parent company with this...

      It's a shame the article doesn't explain what apps were giving away location data

      Because 99.999% chance the data mining companies wouldn't even tell the truth about that if you had a subpoena.

      Ninja edit: Hah! The mining company in question shares a parent company with this publication. This is an ad.

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