All posts tagged with tracking

(Natural News) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially granted its approval for a newfangled tracking device that pharmaceutical companies can now legally manufacture into drug pills in order to monitor whether or not patients are taking all of their prescriptions. The technology is being specifically touted as a solution to the problem […]

(Natural News) Questions continue to arise about the true anonymity of the popular online cryptocurrency Bitcoin. While many assume (or have been told by others) that Bitcoin is completely untraceable, new reports indicate that this may not actually be the case, as the blockchain ledgers are public and technically available to anyone who knows how […]

(Natural News) One of the benefits of cryptocurrency technologies like Bitcoin is that all transactions are supposed to be anonymous. But new evidence put forth by researchers from Princeton University suggests that hidden tracking cookies within the Bitcoin platform can actually link transactions directly to users via their activities across the rest of the web. […]

(Natural News) If you had a choice in the matter, would you allow your employer to “chip” you — that is, have a tracking device medically implanted in your body so your company could keep tabs on you 24/7/365? If you say no, you’re no doubt in the majority. But some employees of a Wisconsin-based […]

(Natural News) A new update to Twitter’s privacy policy sees the end of a longstanding pledge to protect user privacy by the firm. Twitter, which has never been profitable, is now taking a more proactive approach toward boosting revenue and it’s coming at the expense of its loyal users. In an effort to improve the […]

(Natural News) Watching TV wasn’t always a shared experience. In the past, you watched your favorite programs while your TV sat there passively like the inanimate object it was always meant to be. Now, however, we know that while you’re watching TV, there is a good chance your TV is also watching you: Observing, recording […]

(Natural News) It’s not beyond the realm of possibility, given today’s technology and love for the nanny state among tens of millions of Americans, that someday we might all be required to be “chipped” – that is, implanted with a tiny microchip under our skin so that we can be constantly tracked by government at […]