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Submission + - State ACA sites shared personal data with social media companies (bloomberg.com)

JoeyRox writes: Almost all of the 20 state-run ACA exchanges are embedding advertising trackers that share personal data with major tech companies, including gender, race, citizenship, and insurance premium information by zip.

“It is very harmful that these tracking technologies are so embedded in these sites because people would expect this information to be private,” said Sara Geoghegan, senior counsel at the Electronic Privacy Information Center, citing research that indicates people alter their behavior online when they know they’re being surveilled.

Comment YouTube tech reviewers are losing their sh*t (Score 4, Funny) 62

Steve Burke at Gamers Nexus seems to post a daily video about how the industry is ripping off consumers. You can hear the actual rage in his voice, the kind of rage one has when he sees the future of his channel in doubt due to his viewers being unable to afford any of the tech gear he reviews. In other words, self-selfing rage.

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