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Disable your ad tracking ID on your mobile device - and do it now!

Disable your ad tracking ID on your mobile device - and do it now!

Ad IDs are used to track you, and allow 3rd parties to combine data sets to uniquely identify who you are. Protect yourself by deleting or disabling your ad ID on your phone.

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Tate Jarrow
Feb 06, 2024
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Recently, it was revealed that the NSA was buying internet browsing data without warrants from data brokers (source from The Hacker News). By the way, this isn’t anything new — similar activity has been reported for years.

An article from The Markup details this $12B data industry of companies that sell your location history to 3rd parties, including gov…

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