‘Creepy’ Listening Tool for Targeted Ads Didn’t Actually Work, FTC Says

Three firms will pay nearly $1 million for selling “Active Listening” technology that they claimed tapped people’s phones for advertising. The FTC alleges the “tech” was just pricey email lists.

from WIRED https://ift.tt/qHs53PY

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Walmart celebrates Mario Day with top Nintendo Switch deals and massive game sales

Get your Goomba-stomping boots ready and dust off your blue dungarees, Mario Day is on its way! To celebrate upcoming March 10th (aka Mar10 - get it?), Walmart are holding a massive Nintendo Switch deals event, offering sales on console bundles, games, and handy accessories to get you on your way to Mushroom Kingdom for less.  Take advantage of these sweet Nintendo Switch deals while you can and save on the console itself as well as a range of cheap controllers and Mario games! Games include Super Mario Party, Super Mario Maker 2, and Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, and they're all down to just $39.99 in Walmart's Mario Day sale. Plus, you can add to the savings with PowerA's range of Nintendo Switch accessories, spanning retro-style controllers to sturdy carry cases with screen protectors included.  But what about the main event? Well, you can also pick up this $269 Nintendo Switch and extra controller bundle, the only thing is this bundle is still s...
Read more

Brave is about to solve one of the most frustrating problems with browsing the web

The developers behind Brave Browser have announced that it will begin to block cookie consent notice popups that negatively impact browsing experience for many users. In an update, the anonymous browser ’s Privacy Updates blog called cookie consent an “infamous and near-constant annoyance”, while citing an academic study that found many browser popups track users across the internet regardless of their choice. Users of the latest Nightly branch (and version 1.45 when it releases in October) will only have to click “yes” on a dialog box on start-up to block all cookie consent popups, using a set of rules and filters that will look familiar to those who use web browser ad blocking extensions. Fighting back against Google’s privacy changes  Brave cited Google’s latest raft of proposed changes to Chrome as reasons why an open web, and content-blocking tools, must be fought for, starting with blocking cookie consent popups. These changes include its upcoming switch to the Manif...
Read more