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The tech giant filed the patent application called “Offline Trajectories.” Read more…
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Facebook filed a patent for tech that can predict where you’re going next
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Firefox will soon start blocking trackers by default
Mozilla today announced that its Firefox browser will soon by default automatically block all attempts at cross-site tracking. There are three parts to this strategy. Starting with version 63, which is currently in testing in the browser’s nightly release channel, Firefox will block all slow-loading trackers (with ads being the biggest offender here). Those are […]
View More Firefox will soon start blocking trackers by defaultGoogle updates Location History language after tracking backlash
Four days after admitting that it continues to track users even after the Location History tracking has been disabled, Google has updated its website to more accurately reflect the nature of its location policy. “This setting does not affect other location services on your device, like Google Location Services and Find My Device,” the updated […]
View More Google updates Location History language after tracking backlashGoogle keeps a history of your locations even when Location History is off
In a wonderfully clear example of “dark patterns” designed to mislead users and retain control over their data, Google continues tracking your location even when you turn off Location History and are told that “the places you go are no longer stored.” Google says it tells users, but its disclosure is the bare minimum and users are discouraged from further interference with data collection.
View More Google keeps a history of your locations even when Location History is offCouch Potato fills the market gap for tracking laziness
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Ever been called a Couch Potato for lounging around?
Well, now you can know exactly how much time you’ve been inactive — though I’m not entirely sure why you want this statistic. At any rate, the Couch Potato app aims to be the anti-step tracker that rewards you for lounging. Maybe it’s kind of nice that an app encourages you to chill out with no shame?
The app is only available for iOS users via the App Store, sorry Android users.
Couch Potato is made by Burrow, a couch company for the modern world — think Casper mattresses but for a sofa, loveseats, and ottomans. The app might be an advertising stunt, but it ends up succeeding in two unlikely ways. Read more…
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View More Couch Potato fills the market gap for tracking lazinessBinaryVR raises $4.5M to bring you face-to-face with your digitized self
The promises of VR are heavily focused on the idea that users can grow more enveloped in the digital environments they explore, but also central to the experience is that they become more connected with their virtual representations. BinaryVR’s central focus has been on a system of computer vision face-tracking particularly focused on the mouth […]
View More BinaryVR raises $4.5M to bring you face-to-face with your digitized selfAmazon’s real-time package tracker is rolling out across the U.S.
If you’ve ever wanted to know exactly where your Amazon package is on delivery day, now you can find that out.
Amazon Map Tracking is now available for all U.S. customers and does what the name suggests. You’ll be able to track your package on a map …
LocationSmart didn’t just sell mobile phone locations, it leaked them
What’s worse than companies selling the real-time locations of cell phones wholesale? Failing to take security precautions that prevent people from abusing the service. LocationSmart did both, as numerous sources indicated this week.
View More LocationSmart didn’t just sell mobile phone locations, it leaked themHow to save your privacy from the Internet’s clutches
Another week, another massive privacy scandal. When it’s not Facebook admitting it allowed data on as many as 87 million users to be sucked out by a developer on its platform who sold it to a political consultancy working for the Trump campaign, or dating app Grindr ‘fessing up to sharing its users’ HIV status with third […]
View More How to save your privacy from the Internet’s clutchesMozilla makes ‘tracking protection’ the default on Firefox for iOS
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As the good citizens of the internet become more and more woke as to how little of our activity online is truly private, Mozilla Firefox wants to step up as the browser for privacy-oriented people.
Mozilla announced in a blog post on Thursday that default “tracking protection” is rolling out in Firefox for iOS. That means browsing done on iPhone and iPad devices will be automatically blocked from pixel tracking — which allows advertisers, and, oh, Facebook, to collect data on which websites you visit and products you view.
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View More Mozilla makes ‘tracking protection’ the default on Firefox for iOSIt was not consent, it was concealment
Facebook’s response to the clutch of users who are suddenly woke — triggered to delve into their settings by the Facebook data misuse scandal and #DeleteFacebook backlash — to the fact the social behemoth is, quietly and continuously, harvesting sensitive personal data about them and their friends tells you everything you need to know about the rotten state […]
View More It was not consent, it was concealmentThese are the best apps for tracking your crypto portfolio
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Rule of thumb for the majority of people looking to invest their earnings is to put money in quality, high-dividend stocks and other low-risk assets — perhaps an index fund — and forget about the whole thing for at least a few years.
But in the crazy-volatile world of cryptocurrencies, none of those rules apply. There are no low-risk assets. Prices swing up and down in double-digit percentages on a weekly basis. And one month in crypto is like a year in the real world — something that’s valuable now could be completely gone in a few years. Read more…
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