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I mean, sure, you could also do “market research” by breaking into people’s homes, reading their mail, and listening in on all their phone calls. I hope some actual criminal prosecution results from this disclosure, as it’s very clearly “hacking” and “wiretapping” and “unauthorized access”.



TV ratings used to be collected from panelists using a wearable device that literally had an always-on microphone recording you 24/7 : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_People_Meter

How is Onavo worse ?




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