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Every time a browser interacts with an advertising tracker, a program called Googerteller emits a short sound.

Advertising firms’ extensive collection of personal data is becoming of great use to intelligence agencies. So how to guard against mass surveillance?

Facebook now collects your link history and uses it to show targeted ads. Here’s how to disable this “handy” feature.

We discuss what zero-click attacks are, why they’re dangerous, and how to protect your company from them.

We explore what Google Ad Topics is, how it functions, and how to disable it. Along the way, we discuss the related topics of Google FLoC, Privacy Sandbox, and the demise of third-party cookies.

Researchers have found several spyware-infected versions of Telegram and Signal on Google Play.

How URL shorteners work, how they can be used, and the privacy and security threats they pose.

Discussing privacy in Threads, and whether you should sign up to Zuckerberg’s Twitter clone.

Learn how geolocation services work, and who learns of your location when your smartphone pins it down.

What web beacons and tracker pixels are, what’s so obnoxious about them, and how to disable them.

What is stalkerware, how widespread is the problem, and what is the relationship between domestic and digital abuse.

A recent study shows that even “clean” Android smartphones collect a lot of information about their owners.

How to respond to tracking requests in iOS, iPadOS and tvOS 14.5 — or opt out of app tracking completely.

Researchers have created an extension to learn about the information websites collect to “fingerprint” browsers.

Three ways to find a surveillance apps on your smartphone.

Mobile apps can track your location and sell the data to third parties. What can you do about it?

This week, Dave and Jeff discuss a crazy story of cyberstalking from eBay, NHS tracing app issues, cryptoexchange money laundering, and more.

Dave and Jeff discuss a ransomware attack on Honda, the support life of IoT appliances, Singapore COVID-19 tracking, Space Force, and more.

Dave and Jeff discuss how to keep personal data safe while protesting, the kerfuffle around NHS coronavirus texts, and more.

Listen to your cookies with the Listening Back browser extension to understand the real scale of Web tracking.

How paranoid employers and jealous partners can spy on you, and why chip bags are best left to movie heroes.