June 24, 2020

iOS 14, macOS Big Sur, Safari to give us ‘No, thanks!’ option for ad tracking

At WWDC, Apple promised to double down on data protection in its upcoming iOS 14, macOS Big Sur, and Safari releases.

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April 20, 2020

Bot creates millions of fake eyeballs to rip off smart-TV advertisers

The massive ICEBUCKET scheme has, so far, impersonated more than 2m people in 30+ countries, defrauding more than 300 brands of ad dollars.

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March 11, 2020

Brave browser to block web fingerprinting with randomisation

Brave is testing a new defence against fingerprinting: confusing algorithms by randomising some of the data they collect.

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March 03, 2020

GoodRx stops sharing personal medical data with Google, Facebook

The mobile app saves people money but was letting 20 companies know who's taking antipsychotics, erectile dysfunction and HIV meds, and more.

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March 02, 2020

Facebook sues data analytics firm OneAudience over malicious SDK

Facebook says OneAudience paid developers to install its social-media-profile-looting SDK into their apps to get marketing data for clients.

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February 04, 2020

Google’s Super Bowl ad will make you cry. Or wince.

Google's Super Bowl ad featured an elderly man's voice as he asked Google Assistant to help him remember details about his late wife.

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January 16, 2020

Apps are sharing more of your data with ad industry than you may think

Apps like Grindr, Tinder and Happn are (over-)sharing data about sexuality, religion, and location with a shadowy network of data brokers. And it's not just dating apps that are doing it...

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November 27, 2019

Facebook, Twitter profiles slurped by mobile apps using malicious SDKs

Hundreds of users gave permission to these third-party apps to access their social media accounts, but the apps got more handsy than that.

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October 11, 2019

Facebook flags thousands of kids as interested in gambling, booze

According to a new report, its algorithmic labelling may expose minors to age-inappropriate, targeted advertising.

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