The US FTC settles with Cox, MindSift, and 1010 Digital Works for $930K over claims they falsely said they could use phone mics to spy on users for ad targeting (Adi Robertson/The Verge)
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Adi Robertson / The Verge : The US FTC settles with Cox, MindSift, and 1010 Digital Works for $930K over claims they falsely said they could use phone mics to spy on users for ad targeting — More specifically, it was fined for allegedly lying by claiming that it could. … An exceptionally weird controversy has come …
