August 09, 2019

Instagram boots ad partner for location tracking and scraping stories

A “preferred Facebook Marketing Partner” is alleged to have tracked millions of Instagram users' locations and stories.

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June 24, 2019

Facebook posts reveal your hidden illnesses, say researchers

The language we use could be indicators of disease and, with patient consent, could be monitored just like physical symptoms.

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November 26, 2018

That Black Mirror episode with the social ratings? It’s happening IRL

Not picking up after your dog will cost you 10 points, for example, in China's Black Mirror-esque plan to socially score citizens.

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October 02, 2018

Students swap data for coffee at cashless cafe

In this US-based cashless cafe, university students hand over personal data in exchange for a dose of caffeine and sponsorship propaganda.

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September 03, 2018

Google quietly bought Mastercard credit and debit card records

The multimillion dollar data buy allows Google to link what we buy in brick-and-mortar stores to what ads we clicked online.

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March 28, 2018

Cambridge Analytica’s secret coding sauce allegedly leaked

The exposed data, available free by registering an email address, shows CA used software developed by AggregateIQ to sway US elections.

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March 22, 2018

New whistleblower says Facebook turned a blind eye to covert data harvesting

Sandy Parakilas, formerly responsible for policing data breaches, said ignorance was bliss and assumed to protect Facebook from liability.

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March 19, 2018

Facebook loses control of 50 million users’ data, suspends analytics firm

Facebook has suspended Cambridge Analytica for violating its platform policies.

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February 02, 2018

California says no, you can’t cover your license plate

The now-rejected SB-712 bill was meant to protect location data privacy from the spying electronic eyes of automated license plate readers

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