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Chrome May Let Users Mute Site Audio, Helping Prevent Audio Tracking

Google is working on a feature in its Chrome browser that would enable users to mute audio on websites on a site-by-site basis. The feature could help prevent an emerging kind of user tracking that employs ultrasonic signals. The feature has shown up in the Canary build of Chrome, which is the early build that […]

FTC Warns App Developers Over Use of Audio Tracking Code

The Federal Trade Commission is warning a dozen developers about some code they’ve included in their apps that can surreptitiously listen to unique audio signals from TVs in the background and build detailed profiles of what consumers are watching. The technology, produced by a company called SilverPush, is used to track users across devices and the […]