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Relationship and fertility apps amongst the ones snitching to out of keep watch over advert tech, record unearths

The most recent report back to warn that surveillance capitalism is out of keep watch over — and “free” virtual services and products can in reality be very expensive to folks’s privateness and rights — comes courtesy of the Norwegian Shopper Council, which has revealed an research of ways in style apps are …
The latest report to warn that surveillance capitalism is out of control — and “free” digital services can in fact be very costly to people’s privacy and rights — comes courtesy of the Norwegian Consumer Council, which has published an analysis of how popular apps are …

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