How Targeted Advertising Gives Your Location to the Government
We've all had the unsettling experience of seeing an ad online that reveals just how much advertisers know about our lives. You're right to be disturbed. Those very same online ad systems have been used by the government to warrantlessly track peoples' locations, new reporting has confirmed.
EFFector · Hudson Hongo, Christian Romero, Lena Cohen, Saira Hussain
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Show Notes
We've all had the unsettling experience of seeing an ad online that reveals just how much advertisers know about our lives. You're right to be disturbed. Those very same online ad systems have been used by the government to warrantlessly track peoples' locations, new reporting has confirmed.
This week, we're talking about how advertising surveillance enables government surveillance. We're also discussing a victory for protesters seeking to hold police accountable and a troubling conflict over the Department of Defense's use of AI.
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