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Online privacy is a myth. Whether you know it or not, on the internet you’re daily served tracking cookies, device fingerprinting scripts, internet service provider super cookies, and more tricks designed to get you to hand over as much data as possible. Here’s how these tools and schemes work.

How your mobile carrier makes money off some of your most sensitive data Vox.com 3/13/2021 Sara Morrison © John Lamparski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon all have personalized advertising programs that sell your data. Open Sourced logo T-Mobile raised a few eyebrows — and got some unflattering press attention — when the Wall Street Journal reported on its new privacy-invasive ad program. Beginning April 26, T-Mobile says it will use...

John Lamparski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images This story is part of a group of stories called Uncovering and explaining how our digital world is changing — and changing us. T-Mobile raised a few eyebrows — and got some unflattering press attention — when the Wall Street Journal reported on its new privacy-invasive ad program. Beginning April 26, T-Mobile says it will use its customers’ web browsing and app usage data to sell targeted ads unless those customers opt out...