It's well known that we are routinely tracked whenever we use the internet. Most people also understand that the primary business model online is surveillance advertising, whereby huge quantities of…
Last month we wrote about the latest development in a long-running saga to make Meta abide by the EU’s GDPR privacy law. It’s a vital battle for two reasons: first,…
One of the big battles underway in the world of privacy at the moment involves attempts by governments around the globe to undermine encryption. The principal justification for doing so…
Although it’s hard to believe, it's only a year since ChatGPT appeared and ignited the current frenzy over AI and large language models. As an article in the New York…
Back in August we wrote about Meta’s surprise announcement that it would seek consent from users in the EU, EEA, and Switzerland before showing them behavioral advertisements. A few weeks…
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is probably the best-known organization that's fighting for digital rights. It's just released a new report with a title that's certain to interest the readers…
It’s extraordinary to think that it's been six years since this blog started warning readers about real-time bidding (RTB), the system behind most online ads. In the few hundredths of…
It's old news that the exciting new generation of LLM-based AI chatbots posed a serious threat to people’s privacy. But nine months is a long time in the world of…
One of the most important and longest-running privacy battles has been taking place over Meta’s use of behavioral ads on Facebook and Instagram. As we shared back in August, the…
We've been discussing the privacy advantages of contextual advertising – a system that places ads based on a webpage’s content and not who's viewing it (also known as behavioral advertising)…