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Tag Archives: Tracking
Mozilla says ISPs are lying to Congress about encrypted DNS
Mozilla on Friday posted a letter urging Congress to take the broadband industry’s lobbying against encrypted DNS within Firefox and Chrome with a grain of salt.
Facebook says location data in iOS 13, Android 10 may be confusing
The OS updates may not reflect your Facebook app setting, but Facebook says it will respect whatever users’ most restrictive settings are.
Facebook delivers ‘clear history’ tool that doesn’t ‘clear’ anything
The new feature “disconnects,” but doesn’t delete, your browsing history. Facebook will still use it for analytics.
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.
Parents, it’s time to delete Pet Chat from your child’s LeapPad
LeapFrog has done lots to fix the security of the LeapPad. Now all that’s left is for parents to scrape Pet Chat off of older tablets.
Bluetooth LE’s anti-tracking technology beaten
Researchers have found a way to beat the MAC address randomisation feature used by Bluetooth to protect users from being tracked.
YouTube’s antics with kids’ data prompts call for FTC to force change
Sen. Markey and 2 consumer groups said the Google-owned service must comply with COPPA and should be held accountable for not doing so.
iOS 13 will map the apps that are tracking you
A map will display the snail-slime trails that we all leave behind in our daily travels and through which background tracking apps follow us.
Apple bans ads, third-party tracking in apps meant for kids
The new policy: Ditch third-party trackers in apps designed for youngsters, lest the app get booted out of the App Store.