Ad-tech company was a delivery system for "mercenary spyware"(pluralistic.net)
45 points by samizdis | 9 comments
Pluralistic blog post by Cory Doctorow about an Israeli ad-tech company that served as a delivery system for mercenary spyware.
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7 stories tagged ad-tech, newest first.
Google avoids a breakup of its ad tech business(nytimes.com)
463 points by donohoe | 329 comments
New York Times article on a court ruling that lets Google avoid a forced breakup of its ad tech business; the capture shows a captcha page instead of the article.
US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants(techcrunch.com)
464 points by ZeidJ | 153 comments
TechCrunch brief reporting that US healthcare insurance marketplaces shared users' citizenship and race data with ad tech companies.
The 49MB web page(thatshubham.com)
756 points by kermatt | 331 comments
Blog post auditing news publisher websites, noting a New York Times page made 422 requests and loaded 49MB, criticizing ad-driven page bloat.
European Commission fines Google €2.95B over abusive ad tech practices(ec.europa.eu)
325 points by ChrisArchitect | 274 comments
European Commission press release announcing a €2.95 billion fine against Google for abusing its dominance in advertising technology.
Google is illegally monopolizing online advertising tech, judge rules(nytimes.com)
786 points by IdealeZahlen | 417 comments
New York Times article reporting a federal judge ruled Google illegally monopolized online advertising technology.
Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads(timsh.org)
1751 points by apokryptein | 552 comments
Blog post in which the author investigates how in-app advertising leaks his geolocation data, prompted by the Gravy Analytics data leak.