Tag: Localhost tracking

Localhost Tracking: The New Privacy Battleground That Could Cost Meta Billions

Jun 13, 2025

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Redacto

in AI, Business, Cybersecurity, Data, Data Privacy, Digital Footprint, Facebook, Instagram, Meta, Social Media, Surveillance

Researchers have discovered another ethically concerning abuse of user privacy from Meta (parent company of Facebook, Instagram, Threads, Messenger and WhatsApp). The same technology appears to have been used by Russian search paltform Yandex too. Tracking users has been a critical part of Meta’s business model for years (and almost any ad-support platform) – for…