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Verizon is tracking you, your location, your browsing, and selling it
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I have ATT but am still upset! I usually don't fired up about things as I do believe in free markets and prosperity within its legal limits
But
When you start tracking me, regardless of whether you're making money or not,
I feel violated! They're watching me!
They know where you live, how you vote, and they're coming for your dog. Run little man, run...
And the cable company knows what shows you watch. Your ISP knows what sites you visit. Your banks and credit card companies know where you eat sleep and breathe.
Unless you have something to hide, who cares? You're not a person to these companies. You're a demographic.
Unless you have something to hide, who cares? You're not a person to these companies. You're a demographic.
They know where you live, how you vote, and they're coming for your dog. Run little man, run...
Rotfl
Verizon has offered the ability to opt-out of this type of tracking for awhile now. I opted out last year. Sometimes it pays to actually read the privacy policy.
Some of the in-depth tracking the linked article talks about might be new, but the opt-out page on Verizon is the same so if you had previously opted out you still are.
Some of the in-depth tracking the linked article talks about might be new, but the opt-out page on Verizon is the same so if you had previously opted out you still are.
OLD NEWS!
This all came out long ago about Apple and AT&T.
Even if you opt out they know where you are. It is only the beginning as from what I hear NFC will spy even more in the background. They will know which store you are in and how long you stay there, even what counter you paused to look at a particular item. You will see that item in an ad the same day, just for you!
Get used to it as the they WILL be selling this to whom ever and even the government will be buying this info!
Verizon Monitoring App Usage and Data
Here is the article: http://news.yahoo.com/verizon-draws-fire-for-monitoring-app-usage--browsing-habits.html
One statement I want to quote and am curious about:"We're able to view just everything that they do," Bill Diggins, U.S. chief for the Verizon Wireless marketing initiative"
Does that mean even under "Private" browsing they can see what we do? I use this feature 24/7 when i'm not on my personal wi-fi for banking, logging into my e-mail etc via the web.
Here is the article: http://news.yahoo.com/verizon-draws-fire-for-monitoring-app-usage--browsing-habits.html
One statement I want to quote and am curious about:"We're able to view just everything that they do," Bill Diggins, U.S. chief for the Verizon Wireless marketing initiative"
Does that mean even under "Private" browsing they can see what we do? I use this feature 24/7 when i'm not on my personal wi-fi for banking, logging into my e-mail etc via the web.
Already being discussed here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1470311/ (this is still on page 1, BTW; please try searching before starting a new thread.)