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Tag Archives: Tracking
Google ad profiling: what’s causing the gender discrimination?
Google displayed ads for a career coaching service for “$200k+” jobs 1852 times to the male profiles and only 318 times to female profiles. But is it Google’s fault?
That’s SHUTTING down your PC, not SHOOTING it down! 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Ever felt like shooting your PC? This guy did it! (And more news in our weekly one-minute security video.)
FTC sanctions phone location tracking company for not allowing customer opt-out
Nomi has been ordered to tidy up its business practices as part of a settlement with the FTC over its tracking of retail customers’ smartphones.
GPS tracking counts as a “search”, says US Supreme Court
The court sided with an offender who argued that being forced to wear a location monitor for the rest of his life is unconstitutional.
Visa asks to track your smartphone to help sniff out credit card fraud
Visa will begin asking card holders to opt in to a new service in April 2015 that could help reduce credit card fraud – if consumers allow their smartphones to be tracked whenever they make a purchase.
Anatomy of a browser dilemma – how HSTS ‘supercookies’ make you choose between privacy or security
HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) is supposed to keep you more secure online, but it could be used to track you against your will. Mark Stockley explains…
I am not a robot: Google swaps text CAPTCHAs for quivery mouse clicks
Forget mangled text: given AI advances, it’s kaput. Google’s new approach: analyze cookies, mouse movements and IP addresses, in one click.
Twitter to start snooping at which apps you have installed – here’s how to opt out
Twitter is set to start peeking on users’ iPhones, iPads and Androids in order to see what apps they have downloaded. It’s opt-in by default, so here’s how to opt out.
How to clear out cookies, Flash cookies and local storage
This quick fix will show you how to clear out cookies and the cookie-like things that can be used to track you online.