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Who Is Policing the Location Data Industry?
Google and Apple have tried to crack down, but location data brokers are moving to a new way to collect your whereabouts that’s much harder to detect
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Is Momentum Shifting Toward a Ban on Behavioral Advertising?
Data-driven personalized ads are the lifeblood of the internet. To a growing number of lawmakers, they’re also nefarious
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How Can You Safely Store Your Vaccine Status on Your Phone?
Vaccine cards don’t actually contain very much sensitive information, but you can protect it nonetheless
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What's Missing from the Infrastructure Bill's $65 Billion Broadband Plan?
The proposal would represent a “once in a generation” investment in broadband networks. Here’s what it would do, and what it leaves out
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What Does Facebook Mean When It Says It Supports “Internet Regulations”?
Since companies typically try to avoid regulation, Facebook’s support for it is weird. Or is it? There’s more to the company’s proposal than meets the eye
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What Does It Actually Mean When a Company Says, “We Do Not Sell Your Data”?
Experts say the privacy promise—ubiquitous in online services and apps—obscures the truth about how companies use personal data
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Can Uber and Lyft’s Copycat Ballot Measure Win in Massachusetts?
After success in California, gig economy companies are looking to pass their own labor laws in the Bay State. But they may be in for a battle
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Should Doxing Be Illegal?
Several states are trying to crack down on the harassment tactic
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How Private Is My VPN?
VPNs promise privacy, but The Markup found their apps and websites full of trackers
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Is the Cookie Web Tracker Dying?
The internet’s original data collection tool is still ubiquitous, even as the web moves away from it
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