Blacklight – The Markup
WEBSep 22, 2020 · Enter the address of any website, and Blacklight will scan it and reveal the specific user-tracking technologies on the site—and who’s getting your data. You may be surprised at what you learn. Blacklight normally takes between 30 seconds and one minute to finish all tests. Is this website sending data about users to advertising companies ...
What Does the “Connection Not Private” Warning Really Mean?
WEBMar 8, 2022 · The Connection Not Private window could be triggered by a poorly configured certificate, one that’s only recently expired, or one that’s missing entirely. Visiting websites that don’t have proper encryption can put you at risk for a number of cyberthreats.
Thousands of Geofence Warrants Appear to Be Missing from a …
WEBNov 3, 2021 · But California’s OpenJustice dataset, where law enforcement agencies are required by state law to disclose executed geofence warrants or requests for geofence information, tells a completely different story.. A Markup review of the state’s data between 2018 and 2020 found only 41 warrants that could clearly constitute a geofence warrant. We looked for any warrant described as targeting ...
Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching – The Markup
WEBDec 12, 2023 · If you bought a new smart TV during any of the holiday sales, there’s likely to be an uninvited guest watching along with you. The most popular smart TVs sold today use automatic content recognition (ACR), a kind of ad surveillance technology that collects data on everything you view and sends it to a proprietary database to identify what you’re watching and serve you highly targeted ads.
I Scanned the Websites I Visit with Blacklight, and It’s Horrifying ...
WEBSep 22, 2020 · Sam Morris. The Markup recently launched Blacklight, a free, instant privacy-inspection tool. Enter any website, and it reveals how you may be tracked when you visit the site, names the companies receiving your data, and explains what the trackers are doing—some of them watch your every mouse move and record your every keystroke.
What Are Geofence Warrants? - The Markup
WEBSep 1, 2020 · A traditional search warrant for a car or a house or a laptop typically targets a specific person police have probable cause to suspect of a crime. Geofence warrants allow law enforcement officers to search when they don’t have a potential suspect. Geofencing itself simply means drawing a virtual border around a predefined geographical area.
More Than 350 Gig Workers Carjacked, 28 Killed, Over the Last …
WEBJul 28, 2022 · A total of 28 workers were killed, and dozens more were severely or permanently injured. Ride-hail drivers were most frequently victims of the carjackings, with 121 Uber drivers and 101 Lyft drivers targeted in these incidents over the last five years. Newly revealed data from Uber, however, indicates that the numbers could be far higher.
I Tried to Use the Ad Tech Industry’s Tool to Opt Out of …
WEBMar 25, 2021 · The DAA’s opt-out portal has been criticized practically since it launched in 2010. A 2011 Carnegie Mellon University study tracked dozens of users as they attempted to navigate the process, identifying a host of issues: “Initial configuration took a long time. Difficult to navigate to actual opt-out page.
The Shadows of Removed Posts Are Hiding in Plain Sight on Reddit
WEBDec 16, 2021 · Caption: Moderator-removed reposts, like this one from r/goldenretrievers, are still visible on the site in moderators' comment histories. For example, the subreddit-specific rules of r/TikTokThots, a subreddit dedicated to sexualized TikTok videos, explicitly instruct users not to post videos of people presumed to be under 18, in keeping with the Reddit-wide content policy against “the ...
Uber And Lyft Drivers Are Being Carjacked at Alarming Rates
WEBJul 22, 2021 · Norman is just one of at least 124 ride-hail and delivery drivers who’ve been carjacked in the U.S. over the last year and a half, according to an analysis by The Markup. Through interviews with drivers and family members, police reports, and local news articles, The Markup found Uber and Lyft drivers from Boston to Nashville to Sioux Falls ...