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  October 27, 2023 6 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s digest: Google pays Apple, X wants to replace your bank, YouTube’s ad blocking detection faces a privacy challenge

  Google pays Apple billions to remain the default search option, Musk wants you to use X for finance, YouTube faces a surprising new challenge stemming from its ad blocker ban.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  Upd: April 15, 2025 7 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s digest: Data brokers, slot machines, UFO hunting, and new Google privacy option

  Californias to enjoy even more privacy rights, Amazon wants you to capture aliens, TikTok is no better than gambling, and Google unveils new privacy controls.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  Upd: September 29, 2023 7 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s digest: Reddit becomes more ad-friendly, US spy law threatens privacy, as Apple urged to open up

  Reddit removes opt-out from ad personalization based on activity, the EU puts pressure on Apple to open up its ecosystem, US surveillance law is finally challenged.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  Upd: May 12, 2025 7 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s digest: Google’s data trade, E2E encryption victory, rumors of ads in WhatsApp, and X’s risky verification

  Google is sued for selling user data, the UK backs down on the encryption-killing plans, Twitter (X) wants you to upload your government ID, and a not-so-crazy WhatsApp rumor.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  Upd: September 1, 2023 7 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s digest: Social media lose grip on EU users, OpenAI blocked from data scraping, porn ID law stopped

  EU users are given a chance to kick the social media habit — will they seize it? OpenAI faces mounting backlash from news media over data scraping, and WhatsApp is about to make your calls a little more private.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  August 11, 2023 7 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s digest: Meta on the back foot, India’s privacy law, Google’s incognito mode suit

  EU resists Meta’s ads, Google offers data options, fails to block lawsuit, TikTok app (allegedly) takes biometrics, India passes privacy law, California targets connected cars.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  Upd: August 1, 2023 7 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s digest: Apple’s tracking trouble, AI detector’s demise, OpenAI chief’s eye-scanning quest

  Apple is investigated over tracking, OpenAI dumps its AI-generated text detector, Meta and Google data grab alarms hospitals, OpenAI boss’s side gig raises privacy issues, while Google and Apple join forces to stop AirTag stalking.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  July 14, 2023 8 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s digest: Bard lands in EU, Google goes all in on data-scraping, tax sites abuse privacy, EU and US have a deal

  Google’s AI chatbot arrives in the EU, Shutterstock feeds OpenAI’s data hunger, tax sites spill personal data, the EU and US try a new data deal, and Google’s cookie alternative faces French scrutiny.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  Upd: July 1, 2023 7 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s digest: Google may owe you money, spy app hacked, AI’s artwork banned, DuckDuckGo presents its browser

  Learn how you can claim a share of Google's privacy settlement, how to protect yourself against stalkware apps, what's new in AI, and get to know DuckDuckGo's new browser in this issue of AdGuard digest.

  Ekaterina Kachalova
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  June 16, 2023 7 min read Digest

  AdGuard’s Digest: US govt. admits personal data buying, Apple does privacy as Google in hot water

  The US government spies on Americans’ with data brokers, a fitness app exposes users to privacy risks, Apple has a new set of cool tools, Bard hits EU privacy roadblock, and Google’s adtech monopoly in danger.

  Ekaterina Kachalova