As long as enterprises have tracked internet users’ behavior and life, marketeers have explained that data is needed for personalised advertisements. They claim personal ads, rather than broadcasting the same ads to all people like on television, are beneficial for everyone. Why is it … Read >
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User profiling businesses operate in plain sight, but don’t obey the law
Today, everyone is aware that Facebook, Google and Twitter, among many other free digital services sell their users’ personal data to advertisers. Many savvy users are protecting their privacy with additional software plugins to prevent this automatic data collection. Behind the scenes, however, is the real action where data brokers, … Read >
All right, there is one extremely useful thing Google does when it sucks our private data
A real life experience proved how software that is constantly spying on mobile phone users has its benefits, too. In a catastrophic situation where you can’t retrieve any data from an old Android phone – and you don’t have backup files – the critical data, including contacts, messages and other … Read >
Excellent privacy-enabled alternatives to Google products and services
Our colleague got fed up with Google services because they can’t manage user access for travelers (Google security processes still don’t have a clue how to do it). Nonetheless, it is only one reason why people are quitting Google. Another major reason is losing privacy along with personal data. … Read >
Welcome /e/, the world needs a mobile operating system that lets us manage our own data
Online privacy and security-concerned people have always worried about operating systems that track what users do on their computers and mobile devices. Tracking and selling the data to other parties is not only questionable but also a dangerous practice that one day may cause safety problems to users. Project known … Read >