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  Upd: February 18, 2022 7 min read Industry news Digest

  Europe declared war on Google and Facebook, Israel declared war on unrealistic ads: AdGuard's digest

  Google Analytics is being banned in the European countries, Siri was caught eavesdropping and promises to stop, and there is a way to prevent your phone being tracked by walpapers. A bunch of good news in our digest.

  Ludmila Kudryavtseva
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  February 4, 2022 8 min read Digest Industry news

  Browser wars, Privacy Day, malicious tracking prevention: AdGuard's digest

  If you have missed the international Data Privacy Day on the 28th of January, just celebrate it today on your own: check your security policies and practicies, change some passwords, install some adblocker and VPN.

  Ludmila Kudryavtseva
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  Upd: January 24, 2022 6 min read Industry news AdGuard for Android

  Ads in Telegram messenger: weird, ugly, inevitable

  The messenger announced an ad platform and was understood by users: the company needs money. But those who saw the test campaigns were not happy. What is AdGuard going to do about it?

  Ludmila Kudryavtseva
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  January 14, 2022 5 min read Digest Industry news

  Congrats, we have new threats ahead. The late Christmas digest

  Some good news and some food for thought — AdGuard's industry news digest

  Ludmila Kudryavtseva
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  December 28, 2021 4 min read Industry news Data protection

  Your cell phone is not your own anymore

  Xiaomi blocked the smartphones of some users, and then called it an "occasional outage" and returned access to the devices. It seems that the phones no longer belong only to their owners...

  Ludmila Kudryavtseva
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  Upd: December 14, 2021 9 min read Data protection Industry news

  Facebook the Blind Kingmaker: how and why Big Tech "helps" you choose your president

  Social media algorithms impact a lot of your choices, from a show to watch to a person to vote for. And it’s unclear how exactly they do that and in whose interests. What can you do to guard the freedom of your mind?

  Ludmila Kudryavtseva
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  Upd: December 10, 2021 5 min read Digest Industry news

  A no-name ad blocker will serve you ads, Zuckerberg will delete your face. The world is cruel, read our digest

  Several bits of advice on how to avoid ads in our digest - along with the usual set of important or interesting stuff

  Ludmila Kudryavtseva
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  Upd: November 17, 2021 3 min read Industry news

  AdGuard Supports Zoom Popularity by Blocking Ads There

  Zoom announces advertising program for free Basic users, and it's a slippery road that can easily lead to data gathering and inevitable leaks.

  Ludmila Kudryavtseva
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  October 14, 2021 9 min read Digest Industry news

  Zuckerberg is proud, our future is awful, apps scan your photos yet again: AdGuard's digest

  How do you do today? Our digest is hardly good to raise your mood, but we discuss important stuff. A lot has already happened in the first half of October, and probably some big changes are ahead.

  Ludmila Kudryavtseva
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  October 6, 2021 5 min read Industry news Data protection

  Anything you pay for can and will be used against you. When smart TVs get too smart

  Smart TVs are supposed to be the strictly better versions of the old-fashioned "dumb" ones. But it's not as simple: sometimes "smart" does not equal "good".

  Ludmila Kudryavtseva