Investigations / privacy / power

Exposing the hidden risks of adtech

Reporting on surveillance, privacy, manipulation, and the business models shaping the digital age.

Samsung phones get ads near Samsung stores Sep 1
FTC finalized "active listening" marketing orders Aug 26
Germany finds Apple's anti-tracking bias went too far Aug 17
‘Tower dump’ warrants ruled unconstitutional for law enforcement Aug 6
Apple challenges UK's demand to access data via ‘back door’ Aug 3
FTC sues telehealth company for sharing user info with adtech Jul 30
Chinese and Russian code in apps targeted at US military Jul 22
LG monitors know who and where you are on Windows Jul 21
TikTok is now somehow now OK for US federal employees Jul 17
Brussels approves companies reading your private chats Jul 9
Meta Patents AI Device That Tracks Your Emotions Jul 8
Officer reportedly leaks location of French aircraft carrier Jul 4
DOJ OIG releases report on efforts to mitigate surveillance Jul 2
ICE drops surveillance contract and eyes commercial location data Jul 1
Privacy litigation based on the federal wiretap laws Jun 30
Supreme Court decides that smartphone data search constitutional Jun 29
We tracked every visitor to Epstein's island using adtech Jun 24
FCC Wants to Kill Burner Phones Jun 13
Massachusetts bans sale of precise location data Jun 8
Troops’ phones leaked location data to foreign adversaries May 28
Adversaries target US Military in war zones via location data May 28
US troops are being targeted using location data May 28
DHS buys surveillance data culled from apps, cameras Apr 23
Kash Patel admits FBI buying location data on Americans Mar 18