Verizon Tracking Mobile Web Use (Still)
This came out awhile ago but thanks to SwiftOnSecurity retweeting, I’m linking to it today.
He noted that Precision might tap its vast subscriber base directly for first-party targeting in the future. “There’s a lot you can do there,” he said, before adding a disclaimer: “We haven’t commercially deployed any product.”
That sounds like something that only benefits one side of the business arrangement: the business.
Verizon does allow you to opt-out but it’s per device and lots of people just got new devices. Not surprisingly, I tested based on the links in a tweet (which, of course, is always the way to go) and it looks like there’s still a tracking header added to http requests when I use LTE but not on WiFi.
Welcome to the future where VPNs are recommended even when on cellular networks.