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Why Facebook and Apple are fighting over your privacy

Vox

Angry CEOs, operating system updates, and maybe even a lawsuit — the feud continues. Apple’s tracking-optional mobile operating system update is coming to iPhones this spring, and the new privacy-preserving features will give users the ability to opt out of being followed around the internet via trackers in their apps.

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The new class of CEOs at Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile

The Verge

Over the past decade, the leaders of Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T oversaw a shift from simplistic feature phones into the era of smartphones and streaming. AT&T has a big couple of years ahead of it building out its 5G network. AT&T could already be too late. Verizon CEO Hans Vestberg.

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Protecting Against the Increasing Malvertising Threat

CTOvision

This article increases awareness for organizations and individuals seeking to enhance their digital security posture against malvertising (“malicious advertising”). Crystal Lister. The threat from malvertising is increasing, however, there are opportunities for organizations and individuals to mitigate their digital risk.

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Your online personal data has a guardian angel

Dataconomy

Data deprecation means putting limits on how companies can use our data for advertising. Data deprecation means restricting how advertisers can use platforms to show ads. It’s mainly about limits set by web browsers and operating systems, like changes to cookies or mobile ad IDs. What is data deprecation?

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Here’s the nuclear option to opt out of tracking on iOS

Vox

Apple’s mobile operating system update, iOS 14.5, With App Tracking Transparency, apps will have to ask users for their permission to access Apple’s Identifier for Advertising (IDFA), a unique code assigned to mobile devices. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network. Thomas Kronsteiner/Getty Images.

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Why the new iOS update is such a big deal

Vox

The latest version of the company’s mobile operating system, iOS 14.5, This new feature is a significant step for user privacy, as it gives people more control over their mobile phone app data and how it’s used by companies, like Facebook and Google, to target ads. Open Sourced is made possible by Omidyar Network.

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Book excerpt: What makes a great startup idea? Lessons from a veteran entrepreneur

GeekWire

Before the advent of Windows, WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3 were the de facto market leaders on the MS-DOS operating system. Microsoft, for example, failed to recognize how its hold on the PC industry would be disrupted first by the internet and later by mobile devices. Livemocha’s homepage in 2013.