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… 1st June 2018 In June 2018, security researchers found that Google's smart speaker and home assistant, Google Home, and its Chromecast streaming device could be … by requesting a list of nearby wireless networks from the Google device and sending that list on to Google's …
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… sources, gambling operators push customised ads through Google, Facebook, and other platforms. There are also plans …
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… 14th May 2018 Three months after the 2018 discovery that Google was working on Project Maven, a military pilot … classification of images of people and objects, dozens of Google employees resigned in protest. Among their complaints: Google executives' decreasing transparency and attention to …
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… and making them available via the Israeli version of the Google Play store in order to hack the mobile phones of …
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… non-white people as "gorillas", "animals", or "apes" (Google, Flickr), told Asian users their eyes were closed …
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… divisive online ads and target them at Americans using Google's advertising platform. The researchers constructed … and images nearly identical to the Russian originals. Google never flagged the ads; CFA spent $35 on the test, … more than 20,000 impressions and around 200 clickthroughs. Google said it was continuing to work on stopping abuse by …
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… commands that activate Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa, and Google Assistant but that are inaudible to the human ear. … Security fail IoT Security Lack of transparency IoT Amazon Google Apple Our campaign IoT in Court Related learning …
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… September 2018 In September 2018, a number of people whose Google Pixel phones, Essential Phone, OnePlus 6, Nokia … activated the software's Battery Saver feature. Google later explained that an internal experiment to test … troubling. https://www.theverge.com/2018/9/14/17861150/google-battery-saver-android-9-pie-remote-settings-change …
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… transparency report from the smart home company Nest, which Google acquired for $3.2 billion in 2014, found that between … surveillance cameras; 2018 saw the first known case of Google granting law enforcement full access to a user's … brewster/2018/10/13/smart-home-surveillance-governments-tell-googles-nest-to-hand-over-data-300-times/ Writer: Thomas …
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… develop these technologies are those already leading in AI: Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and equivalent. The result …
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… This is outside the scope of this work. Read more From the Google Play Store page: Find jobs using Indeed, the most … Facebook on Android Number of App Installs (according to Google Play Store at time of analysis) 50,000,000+ Facebook SDK Version 4.33.0 Store Link https://play.google.com/store/apps… Opt out of Ads Personalisation …
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… as soon as the app is opened, but no longer shares your Google advertising ID. Disclaimer: the tested app may still … This is outside the scope of this work. Read more From the Google Play Store page: "Clue is a period tracker and … Facebook on Android Number of App Installs (according to Google Play Store at time of analysis) 10,000,000+ Facebook …
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… This is outside the scope of this work. Read more From the Google Play Store page: "Qibla Connect® is a Smartphone … Facebook on Android Number of App Installs (according to Google Play Store at time of analysis) 10,000,000+ Facebook SDK Version 4.30.0 Store Link https://play.google.com/store/apps… Opt out of Ads Personalisation …
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… Facebook on Android Number of App Installs (according to Google Play Store at time of analysis) 500,000,000+ Facebook SDK Version 4.33.0 Store Link https://play.google.com/store/apps… Opt out of Ads Personalisation (Google Settings) Not Enabled (Default Setting) …
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… This is outside the scope of this work. Read more From the Google Play Store page: Life360’s Family Locator simplifies … Facebook on Android Number of App Installs (according to Google Play Store at time of analysis) 10,000,000+ Facebook SDK Version 4.31.0 Store Link https://play.google.com/store/apps… Opt out of Ads Personalisation …
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… as soon as the app is opened, but no longer shares your Google advertising ID. Disclaimer: the tested app may still … This is outside the scope of this work. Read more From the Google Play Store page: "Salatuk app indicates you the … Facebook on Android Number of App Installs (according to Google Play Store at time of analysis) 10,000,000+ Facebook …
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… This is outside the scope of this work. Read more From the Google Play Store page: "Shazam is one of the world’s most … "ANDROID_ID": "012c3614cf742923" }, "model": "google_Nexus 5", "os": { "name": "android", "version": …
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… as soon as the app is opened, but no longer shares your Google advertising ID. Disclaimer: the tested app may still … default setting of Facebook’s SDK triggered the sending of Google Advertising IDs of Android users at the point of … the SDK signal to prevent the transmission of the user Google Advertising IDs to Facebook until users have been …
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… This is outside the scope of this work. Read more From the Google Play Store page: "Live forecast updates are at your … Facebook on Android Number of App Installs (according to Google Play Store at time of analysis) 100,000,000+ Facebook SDK Version 4.35.0 Store Link https://play.google.com/store/apps… Opt out of Ads Personalisation …
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… This is outside the scope of this work. Read more From the Google Play Store page: "With Spotify, you have access to a … Facebook on Android Number of App Installs (according to Google Play Store at time of analysis) 100,000,000+ Facebook SDK Version 4.31.0 Store Link https://play.google.com/store/apps… Opt out of Ads Personalisation …
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… This is outside the scope of this work. Read more From the Google Play Store page: "VK unites millions of people … Facebook on Android Number of App Installs (according to Google Play Store at time of analysis) 100,000,000+ Facebook SDK Version 4.27.0 Store Link https://play.google.com/store/apps… Opt out of Ads Personalisation …
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… as soon as the app is opened, but no longer shares your Google advertising ID. Disclaimer: the tested app may still … This is outside the scope of this work. Read more From the Google Play Store page: "Skyscanner is an all-in-one travel … Facebook on Android Number of App Installs (according to Google Play Store at time of analysis) 10,000,000+ Facebook …
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… This is outside the scope of this work. Read more From the Google Play Store page: "Recognized by more than 50 million … Facebook on Android Number of App Installs (according to Google Play Store at time of analysis) 10,000,000+ Facebook SDK Version 4.38.1 Store Link https://play.google.com/store/apps… Opt out of Ads Personalisation …
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… for turning your Android device into a flashlight From the Google Play Store page: "Super-Bright LED Flashlight … Facebook on Android Number of App Installs (according to Google Play Store at time of analysis) 500,000,000+ Facebook SDK Version 4.23.0 Store Link https://play.google.com/store/apps… Opt out of Ads Personalisation …
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As our four year battle against the UK government’s extraordinarily broad and intrusive hacking powers goes to the Supreme Court, we are launching a new fundraising appeal in partnership with CrowdJustice.
We are seeking to raise £5k towards our costs and need your help. If we lose, the court may order us to pay for the government’s very expensive army of lawyers. Any donation you make, large or small, will help us both pursue this important case and protect the future ability of…
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… is an app to assist in learning a foreign language From the Google Play Store page: " Learn Spanish, French, German, … retrieving advertising id from Google Play Services"}] APP_MIN_SDK_VERSION: 21 OS: Android … Facebook on Android Number of App Installs (according to Google Play Store at time of analysis) 100,000,000+ Facebook …
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… is an app for finding cheap hotels and flights From the Google Play Store page: "KAYAK searches hundreds of other … Facebook on Android Number of App Installs (according to Google Play Store at time of analysis) 10,000,000+ Facebook SDK Version 4.38.1 Store Link https://play.google.com/store/apps… Was the app pre-installed on the …
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… is an app for finding local amenities and services From the Google Play Store page: "Yelp has over 135 million … Facebook on Android Number of App Installs (according to Google Play Store at time of analysis) 10,000,000+ Facebook SDK Version 4.37.0 Store Link https://play.google.com/store/apps… Opt out of Ads Personalisation …
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… online. Because companies like Quantcast (just like Google, and Facebook) have trackers on so many websites and …
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… (acquired by Twitter in 2015), larger companies such as Google also use these techniques. Criteo defended the … tags: Criteo, advertising, Amazon, Zappos, TellApart, Google, cross-channel linking Writer: Michael Learmonth; …