A massive data breach of location data company Gravy Analytics has exposed how popular apps across the Android and Apple platforms are being exploited, often without the knowledge of users or app developers, to collect sensitive location information on an immense scale.

Wired reports that a recent hack of location data company Gravy Analytics has shed light on a disturbing trend in the mobile app industry. The breach revealed that thousands of the world’s most popular apps, ranging from games like Candy Crush and dating apps like Tinder to pregnancy tracking and religious prayer apps, are likely being exploited by rogue members of the advertising industry to harvest sensiti