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   John Scott-Railton ☕ (jsrailton@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 02:58:57 JST John Scott-Railton ☕

   Mobile companies & ISPs should block advertising.

   At stake? Personal safety & national security.

   They won't.

   Stunning investigation shows anyone with a credit card can peer into your life.

   Where do you work? Seeing a therapist? Where do you shop? Who are you dating...?

   If it is this bad in 🇩🇪#Germany, the GDPR, imagine how much worse the problem is in 🇺🇸 #usa where privacy protections are a joke.

   https://interaktiv.br.de/ausspioniert-mit-standortdaten/en/index.html

   #infosec #cybersecurity #advertising

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     Nick Frederiksen (nickfrederiksen@expressional.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 02:59:13 JST Nick Frederiksen

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     @jsrailton Reminds me of this piece from New York Times, from years ago:
     https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opinion/location-tracking-cell-phone.html

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     Tim Zee (ilust606@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Jul-2024 02:59:47 JST Tim Zee

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     @jsrailton In the US we need a privacy amendment to the US Constitution. That would solve a number of problems.

     #privacy #USA #USconstitution #advertising #Election2024 #USpolitics #VoteBlueNoMatterWho