Israeli Ad Tech Firm Allegedly Targeted Starlink Users for Surveillance Purposes
· 4d ago · Originally reported by Firstpost
An Israeli ad tech company has been accused of targeting users of Starlink, the satellite internet service, in what is suspected to be a surveillance operation. Details about the methods or scale of the alleged targeting have not been disclosed.
Why it matters
This raises concerns about the misuse of ad tech platforms for surveillance, highlighting potential privacy risks for users of digital advertising and satellite internet services.
Explain it like I’m new here
It's like someone using online ads to secretly watch people who use a special kind of internet.
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Ad tech
Ad tech is the software and infrastructure that decides which ad appears where, buys and sells that ad space, delivers the ad, and measures what happened afterwards.
Targeting
Targeting is choosing which people, contexts, places, devices or times should see an ad, so that the budget is spent on the audiences most likely to respond.
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