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New service parses semi-public data to reveal who tracks you on websites and apps
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A new service aims to make it easier to identify the ad networks and data collectors tracking users across websites and mobile apps.
For engineers, this service could simplify privacy audits by exposing which third parties are collecting data. It also highlights the gap between data that is technically public and the difficulty of interpreting it.
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The service targets the challenge of identifying ad and data trackers on websites and mobile apps.
Tracking information is semi-public but hard to parse.
Much of this data has historically been controlled by large entities.
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