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http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2015/11/beware-of-ads-that-use-inaudible-sound-to-link-your-phone-tv-tablet-and-pc/quote:Cross-device tracking can also be performed through the use of ultrasonic inaudible sound beacons. Compared to probabilistic tracking through browser fingerprinting, the use of audio beacons is a more accurate way to track users across devices. The industry leader of cross-device tracking using audio beacons is SilverPush. When a user encounters a SilverPush advertiser on the web, the advertiser drops a cookie on the computer while also playing an ultrasonic audio through the use of the speakers on the computer or device. The inaudible code is recognized and received on the other smart device by the software development kit installed on it. SilverPush also embeds audio beacon signals into TV commercials which are "picked up silently by an app installed on a [device] (unknown to the user)." The audio beacon enables companies like SilverPush to know which ads the user saw, how long the user watched the ad before changing the channel, which kind of smart devices the individual uses, along with other information that adds to the profile of each user that is linked across devices. this is some of the device information that can be pushed back to their servers; remember, this is all up to whoever developed the app you have installed:  for the technologically inclined there is a git repo d0tslash on twitter is working on decompiling this, his work can be found [HERE]
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Oh I thought you were talking about the boy in the barbie commercial
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Nov 17, 2015 16:57
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Edgar posted:Oh I thought you were talking about the boy in the barbie commercial what
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i can't wait for the eventual leak and we find out how much gay porn the most conservative politicians look at
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loving smartphones
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symbolic posted:the future scares me Don't worry kebab is tasty.
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Edgar posted:Oh I thought you were talking about the boy in the barbie commercial Unsurprisingly he was with the black barbie. White gay men have been appropriating black female culture for millennia
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Jack the Stripper posted:Don't worry kebab is tasty.
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i leave my phone in my car when I get home from work and my PC has no speakers - just headphones which aren't even plugged in half the time what now ad fags Moridin920 fucked around with this message at 17:25 on Nov 17, 2015 |
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Nov 17, 2015 17:22
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symbolic posted:kebab is pretty good, though i haven't had it in forever Go get sum, but note that the sellers always try to rip you off by "misunderstanding you" or "making a calculation mistake". It's cute to see them try so hard for a few extra cents though.
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Moridin920 posted:i leave my phone in my car when I get home from work and my PC has no speakers - just headphones which aren't even plugged in half the time thanks sovereign citizen guy
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Nov 17, 2015 17:28
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they even made a hit telev ision show to make themselves look more sexy
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dont forget that your car is a loving smartphone too if you have anything more advanced than a radio tuner in your dashboard i recommend you rip the loving thing out
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LOL wtf this is dystopian i love it
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can they make my phone broadcast a sound that will make me poop????????
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Moridin920 posted:i leave my phone in my car when I get home from work and my PC has no speakers - just headphones which aren't even plugged in half the time You're my favorite character on King of the Hill.
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i didnt make that radio poo poo up, i just worked on them if you aren't the customer, you're the product
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in a few years it will actually make sense to wear faraday cage clothing items such as tinfoil hats
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i have a lead box, 10" walls, with several combination locks and a dead lockout if it's disconnected from my independent diesel generated grid i put my phone in there whenever i'm not using it (i never use it)
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Obviously this does not violate data protection laws although it sounds like it should.
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people called me paranoid for buying a new pay-as-you-go phone every 6 months with cash, whos laughing now?! not me that for sure, gently caress this surveillance future 
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Rutibex posted:people called me paranoid for buying a new pay-as-you-go phone every 6 months with cash, whos laughing now?! it's hosed because this technology probably has much better/more ethical applications but it's being used to fatten someone's pockets instead literal scumbags
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Nov 17, 2015 18:59
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Oh capitalism, what won't you violate or destroy?
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This is the kind of thing you shouldn't really need to care about if not for how incompetent companies are with personal data. I don't really care that much if companies find ways to target their marketing to me easier but what does concern me is the possibility of these places getting hacked and people with far more malicious intent having way more info about me than they should.
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I actually invented this technology, ask me anything.
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It's actually sad that people thought their internet connected devices weren't known to be associated by a single user.
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Oh, how I love The Internet of Things, branded with the dumbest title ever for it's captivated millennial audience.
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procter and gamble sneak into ur room at night and push candle wax into ur loving ears so u buy all their cotton balls and q-tips i'm basically drowing in cotton over here op like i got a nimbus facial i look like i'm on the set for a philidelphia cream cheese commerical 24/7
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Salt Fish posted:It's actually sad that people thought their internet connected devices weren't known to be associated by a single user.
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Isn't this just like grocery store "cards" where they remember what you buy so they mail you lovely magazines like that?
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ArbitraryC posted:Despite it being 2015 i actually use a hard connection for my computer and there is no wifi in my apartment. I also always use headphones with the computer so it looks like I unintentionally thwarted their dastardly plan. Have you ever logged into any google, microsoft, facebook, or twitter service with both devices?
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It's like big whoop advertisements, I'm still going to just ignore you everywhere.
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TEAH SYAG posted:Oh, how I love The Internet of Things, branded with the dumbest title ever for it's captivated millennial audience. Is the internet of things something human beings want, or is it just soulless tech insects crawling around the muck that push for it? Plus all the advertising companies and the NSA and all them.
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Best Giraffe posted:Is the internet of things something human beings want, or is it just soulless tech insects crawling around the muck that push for it? What is an internet of things. Is it the internet?
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Really clever, hats off to the cunts. This relies upon people buying/enabling poo poo they don't understand, and I'm glad there's a market for stuff for people that do understand that networking up hi-def sensors needs to be approached very carefully ArbitraryC posted:incompetent companies are with personal data My favourite part is that leaked plaintext is basically untraceable to joe shmoe. IIRC forums user Jamesface put in a fake middle initial to trace leaks, linked that back to the company who were suppsed to be safeguarding his details, and they basically stonewalled. Government regulators were of no help either DEAD MAN'S SHOE fucked around with this message at 19:47 on Nov 17, 2015 |
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who cares if advertisers gather data on your habits. It's not like they are going to download naked pictures off your webcam and jack off in those big board meetings.
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EngineerSean posted:I actually invented this technology, ask me anything. Would you kindly kill yourself by spooling barbed wire up your rear end then pulling it out slowly? If not, why not?
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EngineerSean posted:I actually invented this technology, ask me anything. Can all speakers and mics handle ultrasound? Are there/will there be drivers that can prevent the processing of inaudible signals? What other sources of ultrasound are available? DEAD MAN'S SHOE fucked around with this message at 19:54 on Nov 17, 2015 |
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