Collaborate Disseminate
Over a week after Google admitted the company tracks users’ location even after they disable location history, it has now been revealed that the tech giant has signed a secret deal with Mastercard that allows it to track what users buy offline.
Google… Continue reading Google Secretly Tracks What You Buy Offline Using Mastercard Data
Thousands of third party apps were designed solely to obtain and sell your data. It’s no surprise that the data ended up being used again on Facebook, one of the biggest advertising platforms on Earth. Continue reading Cambridge Analytica’s Ad Targeting Is the Reason Facebook Exists
Advertisers have adopted a sly new technique to track web users that can’t be stopped by private browsing, or even changing devices. Continue reading Ad scripts track users via browser password managers
It’s not just the advertisers who can track you Continue reading How individuals can use online ad buying to spy on you
Google plans to use AI tool to grab details of billions of in-store credit card transaction. Continue reading Google wants to track shoppers IRL – privacy group says, ‘No way!’
Twitter has tweaked its settings so that you can see what it thinks you’re interested in so that advertisers can target you Continue reading What does Twitter think you’re interested in? Now you can find out
Your smartphone may have some apps that are continuously listening inaudible, high-frequency ultrasonic sounds from your surroundings and they know where you go, what you like and dislike — all without your knowledge.
Ultrasonic Cross-Device Tracking is a new technology that some marketers and advertising companies are currently using to track users across multiple devices and have access to
Continue reading Hundreds of Apps Using Ultrasonic Signals to Silently Track Smartphone Users
If the death of online privacy rules wasn’t enough for Internet Service Providers and advertisers to celebrate, Verizon has planned to pre-install spyware on customers’ Android devices in order to collect their personal data.
The telecom giant has partnered with Evie Launcher to bring a new application called ‘AppFlash’ — a universal search bar that will come pre-installed on the home screens
Continue reading Verizon to pre-install a ‘Spyware’ app on its Android phones to collect user data
If you have visited any popular mainstream website over the past two months, your computer may have been infected — Thanks to a new exploit kit discovered by security researchers.
Researchers from antivirus provider ESET released a report on Tuesday stating that they have discovered an exploit kit, dubbed Stegano, hiding malicious code in the pixels of banner advertisements that are currently
Continue reading Hacking Millions with Just an Image — Recipe: Pixels, Ads & Exploit Kit
Sending texts, call logs and other PII to a server in Shanghai without consent ‘a mistake’, says firmware provider Continue reading Shanghai surprise as cheap Android devices ‘phone home’ to China