Top Hackernews posts from themarkup.org

1. Google promised its contact tracing app was completely private, but it wasn’t (themarkup.org)
   510 points by EastSmith almost 55 years | 218 comments
2. Ads are impersonating government websites in Google results, despite ban (themarkup.org)
   487 points by atg_abhishek almost 55 years | 218 comments
3. Facebook keeps recommending political groups (themarkup.org)
   406 points by jbegley almost 55 years | 248 comments
4. Police Say They Use Facial Recognition Despite Bans (themarkup.org)
   304 points by atg_abhishek almost 55 years | 155 comments
5. Predictive policing software terrible at predicting crimes (themarkup.org)
   301 points by AndrewDucker almost 55 years | 437 comments
6. We Built a Facebook Inspector (themarkup.org)
   282 points by atg_abhishek almost 55 years | 70 comments
7. Popular Family Safety App Life360 Selling Precise Location Data on Its Users (themarkup.org)
   269 points by sumthinprofound almost 55 years | 94 comments
8. Facebook is receiving sensitive medical information from hospital websites (themarkup.org)
   245 points by HieronymusBosch almost 55 years | 75 comments
9. User tracking inspection result for about.gitlab.com (themarkup.org)
   203 points by luke2m almost 55 years | 111 comments
10. Who is collecting data from your car? (themarkup.org)
    201 points by atg_abhishek almost 55 years | 216 comments
11. How pharmaceutical companies find sick users on Facebook (themarkup.org)
    191 points by atg_abhishek almost 55 years | 166 comments
12. Help Us Find the Apps That Sell Your Location (themarkup.org)
    184 points by giuliomagnifico almost 55 years | 37 comments
13. Lessons from a Professional Password Cracker (themarkup.org)
    162 points by BCM43 almost 55 years | 134 comments
14. Forget Milk and Eggs: Supermarkets Are Having a Fire Sale on Data About You (themarkup.org)
    148 points by jonathanmkeegan almost 55 years | 232 comments
15. Private Equity Firm Amassing Data on America’s Children (themarkup.org)
    141 points by kurthr almost 55 years | 3 comments
16. Uber requires nondisclosure agreement before compensating carjacked driver (themarkup.org)
    126 points by laurex almost 55 years | 57 comments
17. We Built a Meta Pixel Inspector (themarkup.org)
    124 points by andsoitis almost 55 years | 62 comments
18. Manual for a popular facial recognition tool shows how much the software tracks (themarkup.org)
    121 points by type0 almost 55 years | 77 comments
19. Credit Card Ads Targeted by Age, Violating Facebook’s Anti-Discrimination Policy (themarkup.org)
    112 points by atg_abhishek almost 55 years | 117 comments
20. Suicide Hotlines Promise Anonymity. Dozens of Websites Send Sensitive Data to FB (themarkup.org)
    81 points by atg_abhishek almost 55 years | 36 comments
21. Tax-filing websites have been sending users financial info to Meta (themarkup.org)
    79 points by coderjames almost 55 years | 20 comments
22. AI Detection Tools Falsely Accuse International Students of Cheating (themarkup.org)
    66 points by jyunwai almost 55 years | 26 comments
23. What Happens to Your Sensitive Data When a Data Broker Goes Bankrupt? (themarkup.org)
    63 points by jyunwai almost 55 years | 21 comments
24. The Little-Known Data Broker Industry Is Spending Big Bucks Lobbying Congress (themarkup.org)
    60 points by atg_abhishek almost 55 years | 1 comments
25. Librarians Are Waging a Quiet War Against International "Data Cartels" (themarkup.org)
    60 points by devonnull almost 55 years | 2 comments
26. We Discovered Google’s Social Justice Blocklist for YouTube Ad Placements (themarkup.org)
    55 points by danso almost 55 years | 53 comments
27. Amazon puts its own “brands” first above better-rated products (themarkup.org)
    55 points by juokaz almost 55 years | 49 comments
28. How private is my VPN? (themarkup.org)
    54 points by atg_abhishek almost 55 years | 53 comments
29. Facebook Rolls Out News Feed Change That Blocks Watchdogs from Gathering Data (themarkup.org)
    54 points by jbegley almost 55 years | 5 comments
30. We Found 650k Ways Advertisers Label You (themarkup.org)
    53 points by colinprince almost 55 years | 8 comments
31. Twitter Is Throttling Patreon Links, Creators Say It Undermines Their Livelihood (themarkup.org)
    52 points by burkaman almost 55 years | 13 comments