Developers say they didn't know gov't was buying user data

404 Privacy's Seth Honda argues that app developers cannot claim ignorance after Bloomberg and Citizen Lab reported that Penlink's Webloc tool sells governments searchable phone-location histories, reportedly covering 12 months, drawn from the ad ecosystem. Developers of AccuWeather and Muslim Pro said they had no relationship with Penlink. Honda says embedding a location-collecting ad SDK feeds data into a market that includes government buyers, and urges developers to audit SDKs and test network traffic. The piece is opinion, and most figures lack cited sources.