Android user web browsing data may have been provided to Meta and/or Yandex due to a "loophole" in the operating system's ...

A hidden tracking method in Meta’s Android apps may bypass private browsing and VPNs, raising serious privacy and legal concerns.

New research suggests that Meta and Yandex used a loophole in Android to link web browsing data to app identities. The method ...

The main use of this data was to give more personalized advertising based on recent browsing ... incognito mode, VPNs, and Android app sandboxing. These features are meant to keep your web ...

A group of researchers has uncovered a system that Instagram and Facebook have been using since September 2024 to collect ...

When you start Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, or Microsoft Edge, the browser always opens in standard mode. If you want to ...

The important thing is that you should definitely use Cover Your Tracks to test your default browser. If that browser doesn't come up listed as strong protection, either add plugins like uBlock Origin ...

Browser Dating users upload their 5,000 most recent searches, which are turned into a “browsing personality profile" by AI.

Meta was found to abuse Android to track users across websites without consent, even users in incognito mode and using VPNs.

There are multiple ways to block the trackers quietly sending your data to tech companies, including those used on state-run ...

Academics at the Radboud University in the Netherlands and IMDEA Networks found that Meta has been tracking the web browsing ...