Security → Verizon Is Still Tracking Customers Across the Web Without Consent

@Motherboard.com writes:

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Privacy advocates cheered earlier this week when the Federal Communications Commission cracked down on Verizon for tracking its paying customers without their consent. But thanks to a loophole in the Commission’s ruling, the largest carrier in the US will still be collecting a great deal of that behavioral information unless users proactively opt out. [...]

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Takeaway #1

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And while the company now provides a way to opt-out, it's well-known at this point that default settings always rule the day, and few people ever go to the necessary lengths to change settings once they're opted in to something.

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Takeaway #2

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The fact is Verizon, like a rapidly increasing number of companies, is now in the business of monetizing behavioral data.

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Any wonder why the idea of privacy in the digital age is basically a fond pipedream?

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Regards

Pandora opened the pithos (storage jar) which Zeus had given her as a wedding present, and released the swarm of evil spirits trapped within.

The part I dislike is that since I use a Verizon-branded (but unlocked) phone on a MVNO, I don't get to opt-out.

I don't use data hardly ever and try to disable usage tracks and stats-gathering as much as possible, but in reality it just isn't 100%. Sure, I could root the phone and go wild tossing out all the misc. trash, but it's not worth it as much as I use the thing.