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…
Tag Archives: profiling
Thousands of Android apps bypass Advertising ID to track users
Six years after it was introduced, it looks as if Android’s Advertising ID (AAID) might no longer be the privacy forcefield Google claimed it would be.
Facebook shines a little light on ‘shadow profiles’
Shadow… what now?
Websites can track us by the way we type – here’s how to stop it
Researchers have come up with a new Chrome extension that muffles our key-press duration and typing lags.
Social media etiquette for Jim Carrey (and everyone else)
Jim Carrey has apologized for tweeting a photo of a child without asking for permission. He’s not the first! 