The Electronic Frontier Foundation built a new site to tell you whether or not you are a test subject in #Google’s latest #tracking experiment. Visit Am I #FLoC’ed to see if your #browser is putting you into one of their new #advertising categories.

https://amifloced.org/

#privacyMatters #ads #privacy

about 4 days ago

Emanuele

"Defending your privacy – our #privacy – is a civic duty," argues Carissa Véliz.

"When we tell companies about ourselves, we give away details about others, too.”

https://www.newstatesman.com/science-tech/privacy/2019/10/privacy-collective-concern

#privacyMatters

about 9 days ago

Emanuele

A switch has silently been flipped in millions of instances of #Google #Chrome: those browsers will begin sorting their users into groups based on behavior, then sharing group labels with third-party trackers and advertisers around the #web.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2021/03/google-testing-its-controversial-new-ad-targeting-tech-millions-browsers-heres

#privacyMatters #tracking #privacy #ads #browser

about 9 days ago

Emanuele

Facebook’s #Instagram for #kids Will Be Money

«On the surface it seems like such a platform would be bad for business, lowering the number of users who can view #ads. #Facebook says the app wouldn’t be about its bottom line. In reality, such an app could make its ad-targeting ability across its platforms even better.»

https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-instagram-for-kids-will-be-money-11617102014

#privacyMatters

about 14 days ago