Agentic Crawlers Record More Trackers Than Standard Methods
LLM-driven agents record 1.5-1.7 times more third-party trackers than non-agentic crawlers across 2,000 websites.
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Vizio Smart TVs ignore opt-out of data spying
Vizio TVs send tracking data even when users opt out, following Northeastern University tests on multiple brands.
TrendAI says SHADOW-EARTH-79 used ad bidding to track Starlink users
Researchers say the bidder led Starlink ad wins in 105 countries and bought 66,208 Starlink impressions, without confirming malicious code on every impression.
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Safari and WebKit block services that turn emails into tracking IDs
The blocks ship in iOS 27, iPadOS 27, macOS 27, and visionOS 27 and stop pages from sending addresses to identity-resolution servers.
Some car apps are slipping owners’ data to big tech companies
Researchers found car apps sending VINs, emails, and location to advertising and analytics firms.
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Your car’s app could be telling Big Tech who you are and where you go
Northeastern and Consumer Reports found 19 of 21 cars and 7 of 30 companion apps send data to advertising and tracking domains.
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AI companies leak data to advertisers [pdf]
A Hacker News PDF alleges AI companies leak user data to advertisers.
5G-Shark: A Network Security Auditor for 5G Subscriber Privacy and Unauthenticated Signalling Resilience
5G-Shark audit tool pulls 5G phones onto rogue cells via cell-reselection manipulation, exposing identifier linkability and downgrade flaws in commercial networks.
ChatGPT now knows what you do on other websites via ad collector
Researcher demonstrates OpenAI's __obi cookie links ChatGPT accounts to browsing on advertiser sites via SameSite=None tracking and pixel SDK data collection.
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CrossLink: Breaking Location Privacy by Linking Device Identifiers Across Protocols
Researchers present CrossLink, a passive tracing algorithm linking temporary device identifiers across LTE, WiFi, and BLE, reconstructing full traces for 83% of simulated users.
LG TV shown scanning LAN for third-party phones and other devices
Security researchers showed LG OLED TVs scan local networks and collect nearby device details, raising privacy concerns for TV owners.
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Inaudible sounds used to fingerprint browsers catch AliExpress red-handed
AliExpress was caught using inaudible audio signals to fingerprint visitors' browsers, an outdated but still-active cross-session tracking technique.
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.
New surveillance tech links your phone to your license plate
Researchers show roadside cameras plus Bluetooth signals can link phones to license plates, enabling richer tracking.