Collecting data about children under the age of 13 without parental consent is against the law — but that law isn’t very well enforced. More than two-thirds of the 1,000 most popular iPhone apps likely to be used by children send data to the ad industry, according to a recent study.
Are iPhones spying on kids? Do Not Track Kids, made by an ex-National Security Agency researcher, works behind the scenes to block connections to data brokers and ad companies.
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Hockey Fans… Don’t see enough advertising? The NHL is making use of a new type of high-tech ad in its hockey broadcasts this season, where ads are presented virtually on the boards around the ice. Some fans have not welcomed the digitally enhanced dasherboards, which are visible to viewers at home but not to those in an arena.
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If you want to see what those 5,400 people were doing over at Eclipse, or whatever the latest crypto exchange going bankrupt these days, take the starfish survey. And I quote “The test itself is a fun reminder that crypto doesn’t need to be serious all of the time and there’s always room for positivity no matter how the market is doing.” Is there really? OMG, this stuff just writes itself “Perhaps you’ve even been lucky enough to experience the joy of a crypto winter“. Stay positive HODLers.