Zack Whittaker on Nostr: Excellent reporting, alarming findings. Bloomberg's Dhruv Mehrotra et al found U.S. ...
Excellent reporting, alarming findings. Bloomberg's Dhruv Mehrotra (npub1ry5…n4f0) et al found U.S. state government health websites are sharing people's personal info (sex, citizenship & race data) with tech giants via pixel-sized webpage trackers. Several states pulled the trackers after Bloomberg disclosed.
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