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

Malwarebytes

You had very rich and powerful adware companies, making liberal use of bundled installers. The adware was frequently incredibly invasive, with affiliate networks often in meltdown promoting every kind of rogue install under the sun. Data execution prevention, helping to ward off buffer overflow exploits.

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$12m Grindr fine shows GDPR’s got teeth

Malwarebytes

The complaints themselves related to third-party advertising partners. Additional Personal Data we receive about you, including: Third-Party Tracking Technologies. Where this all goes wrong for Grindr, is that NDPA object to how consent was gained for the various advertising partners. Batten down the data privacy hatches.