The covert tracking—implemented in the #MetaPixel and #YandexMetrica trackers—allows #Meta and #Yandex to bypass core security and privacy protections provided by both the Android operating system and browsers that run on it.
@arstechnica
https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/06/meta-and-yandex-are-de-anonymizing-android-users-web-browsing-identifiers/
Verknüpfung von Daten 🔗 Besuchte Webseiten mit #MetaPixel oder #YandexMetrica verbinden Web-Besuche mit App-Accounts – selbst im Inkognito-Modus.
Reaktionen der Unternehmen ⚠️ #Google prüft das Vorgehen, #Meta und #Yandex pausieren die Praxis, während Browser wie #DuckDuckGo und #Brave bereits blockieren.
Schwachstelle bleibt offen 🔓 Experten fordern grundlegende Plattform-Änderungen.
👉 https://eicker.TV ▹ #Technik #Medien #Politik #Wirtschaft ⏻ https://eicker.BE/ratung (2/2)
#Privacy onderzoek | Gunes Acar @Radboud_uni: " #Meta heeft niet alleen nagelaten website-eigenaren te informeren over deze trackingmethode, maar ook hun klachten en vragen genegeerd. Dit soort platformoverschrijdende #tracking is ongekend..."
Common privacy techniques such as clearing cookies or using Private Browsing did not protect against this technique.
Browser vendors are working to block this traffic, some have already pushed updates.
I guess anti-tracking filters for ad blockers such as #uBlockOrigin did prevent this (not including the #MetaPixel script or not allowing the #Yandex localhost traffic).
Anybody has any details?
Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers https://arstechni.ca/PYRN #browsinghistories #MetaPixel #Features #Security #Metrica #privacy #Biz&IT #yandex
Meta and Yandex are de-anonymizing Android users’ web browsing identifiers https://arstechni.ca/G53U #browsinghistories #MetaPixel #Features #Security #Metrica #privacy #Biz&IT #yandex
Kry, Apotea och Länsförsäkringar hade aktiverat en delfunktion i Meta-pixeln av misstag. IMY utfärdar en reprimand. Alla tre bolag har nu tagit bort Meta-pixeln. Klokt. Nu kvarstår bara att rensa bort resten av spårningsskräpet!
https://www.imy.se/nyheter/imy-klar-med-ytterligare-granskningar-av-meta-pixeln/
𝗣𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗹 𝗣𝘂𝘀𝗵𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸:
That marketing code on your web site could land you in front of a judge soon.
The lawsuits, in fact, are already being filed.
✅ Read our full story:
https://todayindigital.beehiiv.com/p/pushback
Meta Conversion API integration on your LnkBio page: Track events with server-to-server calls on your linkinbio
https://lnk.bio/linkin/meta-conversion-api-integration-on-your-linkinbio-page
Die Österreichische #Datenschutz-Behörde hat ihren Tätigkeitsbericht 2023 veröffentlicht:
https://www.dsb.gv.at
PDF: https://www.dsb.gv.at/dam/jcr:561c7ab4-f55e-40d9-a19f-c9d506aeb9bf/Datenschutzbericht%202023.pdf
S. 10 Allgemeine Erfahrungen der #DSB:
„Hohe Verfahrenszahlen gepaart mit einem zu niedrigen Personalstand“
Themen sind u. a.:
· #Cookie-Banner
· #MetaPixel
· #Facebook-Login
· #ClearviewAI
· #Videokameras
· #GoogleFonts
· EU Zusammenarbeit: #EDSA, #Europol, Schengener Informationssystem #SIS, #Visa, gemeinsame Zollinformationssystem (#ZIS) und #Eurodac
Ai Art Fantasy Soldiers #aiart #aiartcommunity #aiartists #metapixart #MetaPixel
#AMC to pay $8M for allegedly violating 1988 law with use of #MetaPixel
The settlement comes in response to allegations that AMC illegally shared subscribers' viewing history with tech companies like #Google, #Facebook, and X (aka #Twitter) in violation of the Video #Privacy Protection Act ( #VPPA ).
#USA #Facebook #Surveillance #MetaPixel #Privacy: "Here’s what the student doesn’t know: Although she surfed the internet in the privacy of her home, Facebook saw much of what she did.
Every single site she visited used the Meta Pixel, a tracking tool that silently collects and transmits information to Facebook as users browse the web, according to testing by The Markup. Millions of invisible pixels are embedded on websites across the internet, allowing businesses and organizations to target their customers on Facebook with ads.
Businesses embed the pixel on their own websites voluntarily, to gather enough information on their customers so they can advertise to them later on Meta’s social platforms, Facebook and Instagram. If there’s a pixel on a website’s checkout page and a visitor buys a baseball hat with their school’s logo, for example, the pixel may note that interaction, and the owner of that page can send that person more apparel ads on Facebook later. This is one of the reasons people see the same ad following them on Facebook and Instagram after they shopped on a different site. The Markup has also found hospitals, telehealth companies, tax filing websites, and mental health crisis websites using the pixel, and transmitting sensitive information to social media companies."
https://themarkup.org/pixel-hunt/2023/11/22/facebook-watches-teens-online-as-they-prep-for-college
#Kroger Sued for Sharing Sensitive Health #Data With #Meta
In Feb 2023, @themarkup published how Kroger collects its data... and it collects _and_ shares a lot. Reasons for sharing include selling shopper insights and - you guessed it - targeted advertising.
This lawsuit is on grounds that the Meta tracking pixel embedded on Kroger's websites violated the Electronic Communications #Privacy Act, HIPAA, and Ohio state privacy/health information disclosure laws.
https://themarkup.org/privacy/2023/11/27/kroger-sued-for-sharing-sensitive-health-data-with-meta
#AdTech #Surveillance #Privacy #DataProtection #Facebook #MetaPixel: "In response to our stories, many sites immediately reversed course and removed their pixels. Not only that: Lawmakers called for immediate action, and attorneys filed dozens of lawsuits alleging that the practice of gathering the data was unlawful.
At this point, you might think that the project would be over and done. But we’re still seeing reverberations.
Since last month, we’ve seen legal action taken against companies in response to three different stories in our series."
https://themarkup.org/hello-world/2023/09/30/our-pixel-hunt-project-keeps-paying-dividends
How tech companies got access to our #tax data. #TaxAct, #TaxSlayer, and #HRblock. It found that the sites were sending data to #Meta through #MetaPixel, a commonly used piece of computer code often embedded in #websites to track users https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/07/17/1076365/how-tech-companies-access-tax-data/
Met Police website sent information about crime victims to Facebook
The data was transmitted via Meta Pixel tracker despite the online form for reporting offences claiming to be 'secure'
Oops! #MetaPixel #privacy #dataprivacy
In UK la Metropolitan Police ha utilizzato lo strumento di tracciamento #metapixel in una pagina web di segnalazione di casi di violenza sessuale
Quindi i dati dei segnalanti sono stati condivisi con #facebook
È chiaro che è stata una svista di progettazione, ma è anche chiaro che gli strumenti di sorveglianza digitale sono così pervasivi che vengono usati con “noncuranza”, senza un assessment accurato
Revealed: #MetropolitanPolice shared sensitive #data about #CrimeVictims with #Facebook
Observer investigation reveals #MetaPixel tool passed on private details of web browsing for targeted advertising purpose
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jul/15/revealed-metropolitan-police-shared-sensitive-data-about-victims-with-facebook #Met #Police #MetPolice #Privacy #ICO #Meta
