These Tracking Links Reveal A LOT About You

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05/21/22 • 9 min

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Tracking links are a way for sites to track you across the web. They usually look like super long strings of random numbers attached to the end of normal URLs, and companies use them to build up dossiers on people based on their browsing habits. And they can reveal VERY sensitive information about you!
Luckily there are many tools available to help you strip them out and protect your privacy.
00:00 What are Tracking Links?
02:50 How to Spot a Tracking Link
05:09 Sneaky ways sites track you
05:59 How to Stop Tracking Links
06:27 Debouncing
07:22 Unlinkable Bouncing
08:56 BEST Tip for Stopping Tracking Links
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ISPs Share "Netflow" Data & Trace Traffic Through VPNs

VICE has a great article explaining how internet service providers quietly share detailed information about network traffic. It's called "netflow data" and they can even trace traffic through VPNs.
But the scary part is how many people that data is then shared with.
We dive into the details.
00:00 Intro
01:45 ISPs and Netflow Data
05:47 What is netflow data?
08:22 What is done with YOUR Data?
15:29 "We don't give away all your data... we promise"
20:49 Palo Alto Networks has access to 80% of Global Flows
22:37 Not all ISPs are guilty
26:32 Senator Wyden’s Pushback
28:05 Snowden Revelations
29:00 Stay Vigilant!
31:08 Outro
Article from VICE: https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg84yy/data-brokers-netflow-data-team-cymru
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They're not SELLING your data. It's MUCH worse...

It says on the Big G's website:
‘We do not sell your personal information to anyone’”
The truth is, they ARE SHARING your personal and sensitive information, and being compensated handsomely in return. But what’s ACTUALLY going on in this exchange is far WORSE that you can possibly imagine.
I chat with Bennett Cyphers from EFF, and Johnny Ryan from the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, about what is actually being done with your personal information and real-time location data.
00:00 "We Don't Sell Your Data"
00:36 How Do They Make Their Money?
01:32 Real-Time Bidding
03:22 How the Data is Collected
04:10 What Data is Collected?
05:27 Which Companies Get Your Data?
06:38 WHAT Do These Companies Do?
08:58 How Is All This Possible?
10:06 Are They Selling Your Data?
10:31 How Can We Protect Ourselves?
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