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Lawmakers Plan Legislation to ‘Ban Surveillance Advertising’
The Banning Surveillance Advertising Act, introduced by Reps. Anna G. Eshoo of California and Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, and Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, aims to do exactly that.
Update Your iPhone So You Can Tell Apps to Stop Tracking You
Apple is rolling out iOS 14.5, one of the iPhone’s most important updates in terms of user privacy.
Mac Guy Finally Bends the Knee in Humiliating Show of Fealty to PC
For years PC people suffered under the cruel hipster tyranny of Apple, but now the Mac Guy is one of us.
Instagram Showed Me My Own Bedroom in Ads
Advertisers bank on personalising ads, but this was too much.
This Giant Foods Ad Is a Major Yikes for the Covid Era
"Super Spread," "SendNoods," and other pandemic-related advertising missteps.
Twitter-Owned SDK Leaking Location Data of Millions of Users
Researchers found several apps using an outdated version of an SDK made by Twitter-owned MoPub.
NASA Astronauts Will Shoot Images of an Estée Lauder Product in Space
The agency is hoping to build an outer space commercial economy, possibly including cosmetics commercials from orbit.
Michael Bloomberg Is Spending ‘Insane’ Money to Own Trump Online. Literally.
The former New York City mayor has spent almost $200 million, and he still has billions left in his account.
Influencers Unknowingly Promoted Fake Drink Made With Cyanide
"The product was clearly labeled hydrogen cyanide, and we wanted to see if they would consider selling it to their fans, which would kill them."
G/O Media Is Fighting Its Staff Over 'Objectively Bad' Autoplay Ads
Deadspin, Gizmodo, and Jezebel have been inundated with sound-on ads that the rest of the internet killed a decade ago.
Twitter Is Joking About How Much it Knows About You
Dear Twitter, do you actually remember all our tweets?
Firefox Will Give You a Fake Browsing History to Fool Advertisers
Using the 'Track THIS' tool opens up 100 tabs at a time that will make you seem like a hypebeast, a filthy rich person, a doomsday prepper, or an influencer.