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@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-05-13 15:25:45

WBD unveils agentic AI ad tools at its upfront presentation, including a Kerv.ai integration for scene-level contextual targeting and shoppable ads (Kendra Barnett/Adweek)
adweek.com/convergent-tv/ahead

Ahead of Paramount Mega-Merger, WBD Bets on Agentic Ads
At its upfront presentation to advertisers, the entertainment behemoth showcased plans to enhance targeting and interactivity across media environments with AI

@jtk@infosec.exchange
2026-03-13 20:34:06

Weekend Reads
* Post-quantum RPKI framework
arxiv.org/abs/2603.06968
* DNSSEC negative trust anchors

pqRPKI: A Practical RPKI Architecture for the Post-Quantum Era
The Resource Public Key Infrastructure (RPKI) secures Internet routing by binding IP prefixes to authorized Autonomous Systems, yet its RSA foundations are vulnerable to quantum adversaries. A naive swap to post-quantum (PQ) signatures (eg Falcon) is a poor fit for RPKI's bulk model: every relying party (RP) repeatedly fetches and validates the entire global repository, so larger keys and signatures inflate bandwidth and CPU cost, especially during a long dual-stack transition. We present pqRPK…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-04-11 10:35:55

An investigation details Webloc, an ad-based geo surveillance system providing access to a constantly updated stream of records from up to 500M mobile devices (The Citizen Lab)
citizenlab.ca/research/analysi

Uncovering Webloc: An Analysis of Penlink’s Ad-based Geolocation Surveillance Tech - The Citizen Lab
Location data collected from mobile apps and digital advertising can reveal habits, interests and almost any other aspect of someone's life. In this report, we uncover how a geolocation surveillance system called Webloc uses ad-based data to monitor hundreds of millions of people across the globe.

@cdarwin@c.im
2026-04-10 23:12:35

Webloc is a global geolocation surveillance system that monitors hundreds of millions of people based on data purchased from consumer apps and digital advertising.
It was developed by Cobwebs Technologies and is now sold by its successor Penlink.
In collaboration with the European investigative journalism platform VSquare, we reveal that Hungarian domestic intelligence has been using Webloc since at least 2022 and continues to use it as of today.
Webloc customers also in…

Uncovering Webloc: An Analysis of Penlink’s Ad-based Geolocation Surveillance Tech - The Citizen Lab
Location data collected from mobile apps and digital advertising can reveal habits, interests and almost any other aspect of someone's life. In this report, we uncover how a geolocation surveillance system called Webloc uses ad-based data to monitor hundreds of millions of people across the globe.

@memeorandum@universeodon.com
2026-04-09 00:35:50

A New Geopolitical Reality Is Here -- America's adversaries are uniting as its own coalition falls apart. (Thomas Wright/The Atlantic)
theatlantic.com/international/
memeorandum.com/260408/p124#a2

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-04-09 19:55:57

Q&A with NYT CEO Meredith Kopit Levien on games, The Athletic, bundling, advertising, aggregators, being a "destination site", AI, the OpenAI lawsuit, and more (Ben Thompson/Stratechery)
stratechery.com/2026/an-interv

An Interview with New York Times CEO Meredith Kopit Levien About Betting on Humans With Expertise
An interview with New York Times Company CEO Meredith Kopit Levien about human expertise as a moat against Aggregators and AI.

@esoriano@social.linux.pizza
2026-05-09 10:16:31

Those bots are charlatans.
“We find that a majority of LLMs forsake user welfare for company incentives in a multitude of conflict of interest situations, including recommending a sponsored product almost twice as expensive (Grok 4.1 Fast, 83%), surfacing sponsored options to disrupt the purchasing process (GPT 5.1, 94%), and concealing prices in unfavorable comparisons (Qwen 3 Next, 24%). Behaviors also vary strongly with levels of reasoning and users’ inferred socio-economic status.”…

Ads in AI Chatbots? An Analysis of How Large Language Models Navigate Conflicts of Interest
Today's large language models (LLMs) are trained to align with user preferences through methods such as reinforcement learning. Yet models are beginning to be deployed not merely to satisfy users, but also to generate revenue for the companies that created them through advertisements. This creates the potential for LLMs to face conflicts of interest, where the most beneficial response to a user may not be aligned with the company's incentives. For instance, a sponsored product may be more expen…

@Techmeme@techhub.social
2026-03-03 22:11:01

An internal DHS document shows CBP used location data sourced from the online ad industry to track phone locations; ICE has bought access to similar tools (Joseph Cox/404 Media)
404media.co/cbp-tapped-into-th

CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements
An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar tools.

@Mediagazer@mstdn.social
2026-03-04 02:10:48

An internal DHS document shows CBP used location data sourced from the online ad industry to track phone locations; ICE has bought access to similar tools (Joseph Cox/404 Media)
404media.co/cbp-tapped-into-th

CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements
An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar tools.