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On the 20th Safer Internet Day, what was security like back in 2004?

Malwarebytes

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Since 2004, there's been an annual event designed to "Promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially amongst children and young people across the world." You had very rich and powerful adware companies, making liberal use of bundled installers. Today is the 20th Safer Internet Day.

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$12m Grindr fine shows GDPR’s got teeth

Malwarebytes

JANUARY 28, 2021

Additional Personal Data we receive about you, including: Third-Party Tracking Technologies. Data privacy, and privacy policies, are an “uncool” story for many. Yet much of the bad old days of Adware/spyware from 2005 – 2008 was dependent on bad policies and leaky data sharing.

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On the 20th Safer Internet Day, what was security like back in 2004?

$12m Grindr fine shows GDPR’s got teeth

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