Researchers say Discover-Tech ads may track Starlink users
TrendAI says codename SHADOW-EARTH-79 won about 13% of observed Starlink ad bids and was the top bidder in 105 countries.
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Senators cite ad-delivered spyware; ad groups defend vetting
Citizen Lab's AdFection report says Discover-Tech ads carried zero-click mercenary spyware, including impressions on government networks.
Discover-Tech ads delivered Candiru spyware to Al Jazeera
Citizen Lab says Controlium infected devices when ads rendered, and those ads reached almost 200,000 sites and apps.
Grindr users’ sensitive data shared through ad auctions without valid consent
Norway fined Xandr about $9.6 million for sharing Grindr users' sensitive data without valid consent.
Norway fines Microsoft ad firm $9.6 million over Grindr data sharing
Norway fines Microsoft-owned Xandr $9.6 million for unlawfully sharing sensitive Grindr user data with advertisers.
Grindr settles HIV status data-sharing lawsuit for $35 million
Grindr agreed to pay about $35 million to settle a UK privacy suit alleging it shared users' HIV status and sensitive data with advertisers without consent.
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Who’s Tracking You? Use This New Service to Find Out
KrebsOnSecurity covers DecryptAds, a free service that scrapes and correlates adtech data to reveal which entities track users across sites and apps.
This Tool Unmasks the Shadowy World of Ads that Track Your Location
404 Media covers DecryptAds, a new tool offering a massive queryable dataset for investigating location-tracking advertising.