unfolded merely in a thought experiment<\/a>.<\/div>","correct":true}],"image":"https:\/\/cdn.adguard.info\/website\/adguard.com\/promo\/halloween2023\/questions\/question2.svg"},"3":{"id":"question_3","title":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">A Ford vehicle found its way to the junkyard straight from the garage of a loan defaulter, all on its own. This was the courtesy of the patented \u201crepossession system's computer\u201d embedded within the car, alongside with other systems that enable the credit institutions to disable the GPS, cruise control, or even the steering wheel and engine.<\/div>","answers":[{"id":1,"comment":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">The truth is, <a class=\"link md__link\" target=\"_blank\" href=https://adguard.com/"https:////adguard.com//blog//ford-self-reposessing-patent-disaster.html/">Ford has stated<\/a> that it has no plans to utilize the patented \u201crepossession system's computer\u201d and, up until now, it has upheld that promise.<\/div>","correct":false},{"id":2,"comment":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">Thankfully, we\u2019re not living in a dystopia where <a class=\"link md__link\" target=\"_blank\" href=https://adguard.com/"https:////adguard.com//blog//ford-self-reposessing-patent-disaster.html/">a third party can control your car<\/a>\u2026 at least for now, as the patent described above is very real.<\/div>","correct":true}],"image":"https:\/\/cdn.adguard.info\/website\/adguard.com\/promo\/halloween2023\/questions\/question3.svg"},"4":{"id":"question_4","title":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">A study revealed cars as the biggest privacy perpetrators. Nissan can collect information about your sexual activity, Kia knows about your race and ethnicity, and Hyundai somehow even collects \u201colfactory information\u201d \u2014 information related to the sense of smell.<\/div>","answers":[{"id":1,"comment":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">While it might sound like a plot from a suspense thriller or a piece by The Onion, it is reality. Mozilla extensively researched this unnerving topic in a recent <a class=\"link md__link\" target=\"_blank\" href=https://adguard.com/"https:////adguard.com//blog//car-spying-mozilla-privacy-report.html/">'Privacy Not Included' survey<\/a>.<\/div>","correct":true},{"id":2,"comment":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">We really wish you were right. However, according to the <a class=\"link md__link\" target=\"_blank\" href=https://adguard.com/"https:////foundation.mozilla.org//en//privacynotincluded//articles//its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy///">recent Mozilla survey<\/a> cars collect all of the above information and more!<\/div>","correct":false}],"image":"https:\/\/cdn.adguard.info\/website\/adguard.com\/promo\/halloween2023\/questions\/question4.svg"},"5":{"id":"question_5","title":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">An epidemic has broken out within the AI-powered search engine Bing AI. More than 20% of all ads within the chatbot were infected with dangerous links leading to phishing websites. The situation is aggravated by the fact that people are more likely to trust chatbots and click on the ad.<\/div>","answers":[{"id":1,"comment":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">Luckily, this is fiction, however, based on true events. <a class=\"link md__link\" target=\"_blank\" href=https://adguard.com/"https:////adguard.com//blog//bing-ai-ads-malware-problem.html/">Malware was indeed spread through Bing AI ads<\/a>, but the scale of the problem is not as large.<\/div>","correct":false},{"id":2,"comment":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">Bingo! This is fiction, however, based on true events. <a class=\"link md__link\" target=\"_blank\" href=https://adguard.com/"https:////adguard.com//blog//bing-ai-ads-malware-problem.html/">Malware was indeed spread through Bing AI ads<\/a>, but the scale of the problem is not as large.<\/div>","correct":true}],"image":"https:\/\/cdn.adguard.info\/website\/adguard.com\/promo\/halloween2023\/questions\/question5.svg"},"6":{"id":"question_6","title":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">A US telecommunications behemoth, linking mobile networks across over 200 countries, secretly assigns ratings to every single one of billions of its subscribers based on every phone call they make or take. This covert scoring could, for instance, block access to an online service without user awareness or consent.<\/div>","answers":[{"id":1,"comment":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">Yes, you're right. The \u201cprotagonist\u201d of this truly scary novel is <a class=\"link md__link\" target=\"_blank\" href=https://adguard.com/"https:////adguard.com//blog//social-credit-system-telesign-privacy.html/">TeleSign. And chances are, it has already assigned you a secret rating that you can even ask TeleSign about!<\/div>","correct":true},{"id":2,"comment":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">No, it's not a plot from Black Mirror: privacy group NOYB has sued US-based TeleSign, along with Belgian telecom BICS and their parent company Proximus, accusing them of <a class=\"link md__link\" target=\"_blank\" href=https://adguard.com/"https:////adguard.com//blog//social-credit-system-telesign-privacy.html/">unlawfully profiling billions of phone users<\/a>.<\/div>","correct":false}],"image":"https:\/\/cdn.adguard.info\/website\/adguard.com\/promo\/halloween2023\/questions\/question6.svg"},"7":{"id":"question_7","title":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">In chilling fairytales of old, heroes often trade their souls to grant their deepest desires. As it turned out, we live in a fairytale: a company has offered a free 55-inch smart TV for everyone willing to endure round-the-clock targeted commercials.<\/div>","answers":[{"id":1,"comment":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">That\u2019s true! A company named Telly <a class=\"link md__link\" target=\"_blank\" href=https://adguard.com/"https:////adguard.com//blog//free-telly-ads-privacy.html/">offered free high-end TVs<\/a>, but the offer came with a twist. Beneath the main display, there was a strip featuring an additional screen, which showcased various information, including 24\/7 advertisements.<\/div>","correct":true},{"id":2,"comment":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">Believe it or not, but a company named Telly <a class=\"link md__link\" target=\"_blank\" href=https://adguard.com/"https:////adguard.com//blog//free-telly-ads-privacy.html/">offered free high-end TVs<\/a>, but the offer came with a twist. Beneath the main display, there was a strip featuring an additional screen, which showcased various information, including 24\/7 advertisements.<\/div>","correct":false}],"image":"https:\/\/cdn.adguard.info\/website\/adguard.com\/promo\/halloween2023\/questions\/question7.svg"},"8":{"id":"question_8","title":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">Creating social media accounts for pets is cute, but can be perilous! A woman, while shooting adorable videos of her cat for TikTok, inadvertently captured snippets of her personal documents on film, exposing her identity!<\/div>","answers":[{"id":1,"comment":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">It sounds plausible, yet no such case is known to us. However, the true story may be even scarier: the account with 20 videos of a cat <a class=\"link md__link\" target=\"_blank\" href=https://adguard.com/"https:////adguard.com//blog//cat-tiktok-spying-journalist.html/">was enough for TikTok employees to deanonymize and spy on the cat's owner<\/a>, a journalist exposing the company's 'toxic' work culture.<\/div>","correct":false},{"id":2,"comment":"<div class=\"md__paragraph\">While the particular story mentioned was indeed a fabrication on our part, there exists a potentially even more disturbing <a class=\"link md__link\" target=\"_blank\" href=https://adguard.com/"https:////adguard.com//blog//cat-tiktok-spying-journalist.html/">real-life incident involving an investigative journalist, her cat, and its TikTok account<\/a>.<\/div>","correct":true}],"image":"https:\/\/cdn.adguard.info\/website\/adguard.com\/promo\/halloween2023\/questions\/question8.svg"}}" shared-url="https://adguard.com/promo/halloween23.html?utm_campaign=share" url-sale-ag="https://adguard.com/license.html" url-sale-vpn="https://adguard-vpn.com/license.html" inline-template >