STRANGER THAN HEAVEN: Major Study Linking Prayer App to User Data Selling to Big Pharma Sparks Regulatory Calls
A leaked internal report from a popular 'spiritual wellness' app, which has been downloaded by more than 10 million users worldwide and features a new 'stranger than heaven' travel package giving VIP access to alleged holy sites, reveals that user prayer journals and emotional breakdown logs are being sold to pharmaceutical companies. The data, which includes vulnerability markers, is reportedly used to target high-stress individuals with experimental depression medications. Regulators are now being asked to investigate if this is a sanctioned partnership or a sprawling breach of digital consent, just as the app’s parent company announces a new tie-up with a leading anxiety drug manufacturer. Who really benefits from your deepest confessions?