Your Android apps are tracking you. Here’s how to stop them
Duck Duck Go started out as a privacy-focused search engine. It obviously had (and still has) seriously stiff competition with Google. But the company...
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How to block tracking pixels in Apple Mail
Third-party entities go out of their way to collect data from you. In your web browser they use tracking cookies extensively and nearly every...
Google Drops FLoC and Introduces Topics API to Replace Tracking Cookies for Ads
Google on Tuesday announced that it is abandoning its controversial plans for replacing third-party cookies in favor of a new Privacy Sandbox proposal called...
Safari 15 Vulnerability Allows Cross-Site Tracking of Users
A vulnerability in Apple’s implementation of the IndexedDB API in Safari 15 allows websites to track users’ activity on other sites and even to...
New Unpatched Apple Safari Browser Bug Allows Cross-Site User Tracking
A software bug introduced in Apple Safari 15’s implementation of the IndexedDB API could be abused by a malicious website to track users’ online...
France Fines Google, Facebook €210 Million Over Privacy Violating Tracking Cookies
The Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés (CNIL), France’s data protection watchdog, has slapped Facebook (now Meta Platforms) and Google with fines of...
We’re Tracking 270 State-Sponsored Hacker Groups From Over 50 Countries
Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) on Thursday said it’s tracking more than 270 government-backed threat actors from more than 50 countries, adding it has...
Over 60 million wearable, fitness tracking records exposed via unsecured database
An unsecured database containing over 61 million records related to wearable technology and fitness services was left exposed online. On Monday, WebsitePlanet, together with...
Stop Google tracking your location
keeps is your location data. Doing a Google search or using Google Maps gives the company your location to pinpoint accuracy. Why does Google...
Google Extends Support for Tracking Party Cookies Until 2023
Google’s sweeping proposals to deprecate third-party cookies in Chrome browser is going back to the drawing board after the company announced plans to delay...