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  Upd: May 27, 2024 5 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s digest: Microsoft’s nightmarish AI feature, Google’s ad injection, and massive biometric data leak

  Google is adding ads to its AI Overview feature, Microsoft horrifies privacy campaigners with its new tool, and the risks of biometric data collection are exposed in a new leak.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  April 12, 2024 4 min read Digest

  ChatGPT now more accessible, VPNs piggyback off porn, Google’s VPN demise, and more ads for TikTok

  ChatGPT is now accessible without an account, users resort to VPNs to unblock adult sites, Google's VPN is to be discontinued, and TikTok braces for more ads.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  April 1, 2024 4 min read Digest

  AdGuard Digest: Ad blocking on the rise, OpenAI’s new tool, TikTok’s old-new woes and misleading chatbots

  Ad blocking has becoming mainstream, TikTok is probed over privacy, a government-backed chatbot spreading misinfo and more.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  Upd: March 18, 2024 5 min read Digest

  AdGuard Digest: Alternative browsers gain popularity on iOS, YouTube’s latest move may backfire, and Roku’s dilemma

  The DMA drives installations of Brave, Firefox and Vivaldi on iOS, YouTube turns off recommendations, PornHub blocks users to protect their privacy, and Roku lands in hot water.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  March 1, 2024 5 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s Digest: Avast’s double-dealing, Meta’s ‘smokescreen’ privacy fee, and push alerts risks

  Police turns to push notifications metadata to trace suspects, Meta is creating a "smokescreen" in Europe, and Avast is accused of selling user data.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  Upd: February 16, 2024 5 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s digest: Data-hungry cars, sneaky Apple breaking web apps, Google’s sex shop privacy claim, and more

  Toyota spies on drivers, Apple is breaking apps, Google is hit by a lawsuit over sex shop searches, and US government want to protect the average Joe against deepfakes.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  February 6, 2024 5 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s digest: Meta snaps at Apple, US privacy is controlled by lobbyists, and new data breaches

  Meta hints it won't pursue its own app store, US state privacy laws are weak and lobbyists are to blame, AI-enabled surveillance costs an Italian city a dime.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  January 19, 2024 5 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s digest: Facebook's data collection scale exposed, OpenAI courts military, Apple's 'outrageous' cut

  A new report reveals Facebook's ad-targeting secret (and no, your phone is not listening to you), OpenAI allows military use, and Apple is still greedy.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  November 24, 2023 6 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s digest: Apple embraces RCS, porn ad mocks YouTube, Google’s secret deal and X’s sad tale

  Apple cedes some ground in the 'bubble war,' porn ad finds its way to YouTube amid anti-ad-blocker crackdown, and Google's secrets exposed.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  November 10, 2023 5 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s digest: Automakers get the green light to harvest private texts, Apple throws in the towel, YouTube’s privacy woes mount

  More activists argue that YouTube's anti-ad block scripts violate privacy, as car manufacturers are given carte blanche to collect drivers' personal texts.

  Ekaterina Kachalova