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Facebook introduces another way to track you – Link History

January 13, 2024 admin Facebook, link history, Mobile, news, personal, privacy, targeted advertising

Facebook has announced it will roll out a new option called Link History to mobile users around the world. What does that mean?

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A week in security (April 3 – 9)

April 11, 2023 admin 2023 state of malware, Android, chatgpt, data theft, e-file, Endpoint security, Facebook, google, IoT, K–12, macos malware, news, ransomware, super fabrixss, targeted advertising, Tax, TikTok, Twitter, Uber breach, western digital

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Tags: endpoint security

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The most interesting security related news from the week of April 3 – 9.

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TrustPid is another worrying, imperfect attempt to replace tracking cookies

June 1, 2022 admin ad fraud, privacy, supercookie, targeted advertising, tracking cookie, trustpid, Verizon

Credit to Author: Pieter Arntz| Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2022 23:20:04 +0000

German ISPs are working on the introduction of TrustPid. A supercookie that is intended to replace tracking cookies.

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Biden wants stronger privacy protections, no targeted ads for children

March 2, 2022 admin california child data protection, cecilia kang, frances haugen, kids online safety act, kosa, mental health, oksana markarova, president joe biden, privacy, sarah owermohle, social media harms, sotu, state of the union address, targeted advertising, teen mental health

Credit to Author: Jovi Umawing| Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 16:48:01 +0000

During his SOTU speech, President Biden highlights teen mental health, privacy on children’s data, and targeted ads.

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Will pay-for-privacy be the new normal?

February 27, 2019 admin Amy Klobuchar, Brian Schatz, California, California Consumer Privacy Act, Consumer Data Protection Act, Consumer Privacy Act, Credo, Credo Mobile, DuckDuckGo, duty to care, Facebook, Federal Trade Commission, Florida, GDPR, google, Hawaii, human right, Marco Rubio, Minnesota, Oregon, pay-for-privacy, privacy, protonmail, Ron Wyden, targeted ads, targeted advertising, Twitter

Credit to Author: davidruiz| Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2019 17:04:22 +0000

As the US considers new data privacy laws, at least two new proposals include calls to exchange money for privacy—an unwelcome bargain for users. Before pay-for-privacy becomes law, privacy as a right should become industry practice.

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