Moments before you see a targeted ad online, your personal information is being exposed to thousands of advertisers and data brokers. Learn how to protect yourself.
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Online Behavioral Ads Fuel the Surveillance Industry—Here’s How
Each time you see a targeted ad, your personal information is exposed to thousands of advertisers and data brokers through a process called “real...
Seeing an online ad shouldn’t mean surrendering your data to thousands of companies you’ve never heard of. It’s time to end online behavioral advertising and the mass surveillance it enables.
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Online Behavioral Ads Fuel the Surveillance Industry—Here’s How
Each time you see a targeted ad, your personal information is exposed to thousands of advertisers and data brokers through a process called “real...
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ALPRs Are Everywhere - Firewalls Don't Stop Dragons Podcast
There are many ways in which we are tracked in the real world, but one of the most ubiquitous and insidious technologies is Automated...
Real-time bidding, which powers nearly every ad you see online, might be the most privacy-invasive surveillance system that you’ve never heard of. Learn how it works and how to protect yourself.
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Online Behavioral Ads Fuel the Surveillance Industry—Here’s How
Each time you see a targeted ad, your personal information is exposed to thousands of advertisers and data brokers through a process called “real...
Curious about how encryption works? This guide walks you through some of the, ahem, key concepts.
Key Concepts in Encryption
Under some circumstances, encryption can be fairly automatic and simple. But there are ways encryption can go wrong. The more you understand it, th...
Last year saw the rise of a new phishing scam. Here’s what should you do if someone emails you a picture of your house and a threat to publish pictures of you looking at porn. (Don’t panic, don’t pay, it’s probably fake.)
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New Email Scam Includes Pictures of Your House. Don’t Fall For It.
You may have arrived at this post because you received an email with an attached PDF from a purported hacker who is demanding payment or else they ...
🚗 One of our most popular blogs last year was this guide to figuring out what data your car may be collecting and potentially sharing. Give it a read before you drive into the new year:
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How to Figure Out What Your Car Knows About You (and Opt Out of Sharing When You Can)
Cars collect a lot of our personal data, and car companies disclose a lot of that data to third parties. It’s often unclear what’s being collec...
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