Jennifer Valentino-Devries, Natasha Singer, Michael H. Keller, Aaron Krolik

Your apps know where you were last night, and they’re not keeping it secret. Dozens of companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds. They say it’s anonymous, but the data shows how personal it is. Data reviewed by The Times shows over 235 million locations captured from more than 1.2 million unique devices during a three-day period in 2017.