Pornhub Is Being Accused of Illegal Data Collection – Wired
Pornhub doesn’t allow people to easily opt out of being tracked by cookies; the site isn’t clear about the data… read more
You Have a New Memory – Slate
But here I go telling Sydney and ChatGPT all of this by publishing this essay on the internet. Am I… read more
Pixels Are the Next Digital Advertising Workhorse Facing Tougher FTC Scrutiny – AdWeek
Cookies are usually at the center of conversations about the nefarious impacts of digital advertising on privacy. Pixels are often… read more
Lurking Beneath the Surface: Hidden Impacts of Pixel Tracking – FTC Office of Technology
Tracking pixels have evolved from tiny, pixel-sized images on web pages for tracking purposes to include a broad range of… read more
The Streets Are Watching: How Billboards are Spying on You – Big Brother Watch
Billboard advertising is becoming increasingly data-driven with high-tech tools being used to make sure that screens show the right adverts… read more
Targeted Billboard Ads Are a Privacy Nightmare – Gizmodo
“We’ve uncovered new ways in which millions of people’s movements and behaviours are tracked to target us with ads on… read more
How data brokers threaten your privacy – Popular Science
Data brokers—also called information brokers—are businesses that aggregate, process, and license information to other companies. While some data they sell… read more
Your Browser Extensions Might Make You More Trackable – LifeWire
The researcher, who uses the pseudonym z0ccc, explained that browser fingerprinting is a powerful method many websites use to collect… read more
How My Fitness Tracker Turned Me Against Myself – FiveThirtyEight
Enthusiasts of quantifying maintain that paying attention to individual health data is how they achieve a state of nirvana. And… read more
Democrats unveil bill to ban online ‘surveillance advertising’ – The Verge
“The ‘surveillance advertising’ business model is premised on the unseemly collection and hoarding of personal data to enable ad targeting,”… read more