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Seven European countries are fighting back against Google’s invasive data collection, alleging the internet giant violated privacy laws by tracking users’ movements after obtaining their consent through deception. Google hoodwinks users into consenting to highly intrusive tracking measures using verbal trickery and misleading interface design, according to complaints filed by consumer agencies in the Netherlands, […]
The evil geniuses at Facebook are camouflaging consent provisions and manipulating users into hastily accepting their tracking terms by showing them fake notifications, a new lawsuit says. The accusations were made in a complaint filed by the European Center for Digital Rights on behalf of an anonymous Facebook user. The lawsuit, filed against Facebook Ireland […]
A company in Poland has been charged for tricking homeless people into taking part in a test of a bird flu vaccine.
It can be hard to tell what a holiday scam looks like. A new investigation has revealed that fake travel firms are so sophisticated that they’ve even tricked Google into believing they are real. This has led to over 5,000 holidaymakers a year purchasing a fake holiday deal, sometimes losing out on thousands of pounds. […]
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is amazing in its own right. Its world is breathtakingly gorgeous and bursting at the seams with surprises. So why am I and other players wasting so much time resetting the Nintendo Switch’s clock so we can keep spawning new treasure chests with our Amiibos? For me […]
US military veterans are being sent on all-expenses paid trips to Washington on the Saudi government’s dime to lobby against the Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA) that allows victims of 9/11 to sue foreign governments, the New York Post reports. A number of veterans have told the New York Post that they were […]
Yes, yes, you already know brands have sneaky ways to manipulate you into lusting after high-end products. And you might realize many businesses are collecting personal data to help target you with advertising and more. Yet the mind games don’t stop there. Even in your most quotidian activities, companies find small ways to squeeze out more profits — from your wallet. The grocery store is a hotspot where retailers use […]
Tonight is the Super Bowl, a sporting event enjoyed by many. As Google search traffic goes, it’s also a fucking goldmine—which explains why a LinkedIn blogger wrote over 150 junk articles on how to stream it. Advertisement Attempts to game search engine optimization around events was epitomized by The Huffington Post’s infamously trolly piece What […]
