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[–] derram 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

https://archive.fo/nnx18 :

Welcome to your sci-fi dystopia: Sonic firewalls to crumble inaudible ad-tracking phone cookies • The Register

'Available as open source and as an Android app, SoniControl works by interfering with ultrasonic data transfer. ', "It plays its own inaudible sound through a smartphone's speaker system, masking the acoustic cookies so they're not recognized."

'The silent cookie killer also gives users the option to allow certain acoustic beacons to be set. '

'"There is currently no technology on the market that can detect and block acoustic cookies," said Zeppelzauer, senior researcher the Institute of Creative Media Technologies at St. '

'According to TU Braunschweig research published last year, 234 Android applications that use ultrasonic beacons were found in the Google Play Store. '


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