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Tim Hortons knows where you work and sleep: Here's how
20 minutes Posted Jun 16, 2020 at 8:21 pm.
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Mobile ordering apps offer consumers a great deal of convenience. No lines, no fuss.

But those apps are capable of tracking you and your movements with an almost creepy degree of accuracy.

Dave is joined National Post Technology Reporter James McLeod about how he discovered Tim Hortons was keeping tabs on him, even when his app wasn’t on, how much detail they collected and why consumers should be wary.

Background reading: How Tim Hortons knows where you sleep, work and vacation

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