{"id":8493,"date":"2023-09-25T11:02:52","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T01:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=8493"},"modified":"2023-11-03T15:47:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T04:47:48","slug":"are-big-tech-companies-spying-on-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/are-big-tech-companies-spying-on-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Big Tech Companies Spying on us?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleout.com.au\/MobilePhones\/Guides\/big-tech-spying-survey-Australia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are Big Tech companies spying on us?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8524\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BigTechSpying_WOHero-300x199.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BigTechSpying_WOHero-300x200.webp 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BigTechSpying_WOHero-150x100.webp 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BigTechSpying_WOHero-768x510.webp 768w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BigTechSpying_WOHero-83x55.webp 83w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/BigTechSpying_WOHero.webp 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a new survey by WhistleOut, 70.6 percent of Australians feel that\u2019s exactly what\u2019s happening&#8230;so who\u2019s on the naughty list and why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 5 top suspected platforms are Facebook and Google, followed by TicToc, Instagram and Youtube&#8230;with those surveyed citing Tailored content and data collection driving their concerns&#8230;.and it\u2019s no wonder with almost 75 percent having experienced targeted online ads based on their online searches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re wondering how they get away with it&#8230;it may be because like the majority of Australians you didn\u2019t read the fine print in a privacy policy when you signed up to one of those services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is still plenty you can do to protect your privacy online &#8211; get more info <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whistleout.com.au\/MobilePhones\/Guides\/big-tech-spying-survey-Australia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are Big Tech companies spying on us? 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The 5 top suspected platforms are Facebook and Google, followed by TicToc, Instagram and Youtube&#8230;with those surveyed citing Tailored content and data collection driving their concerns&#8230;.and it\u2019s no wonder with<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/are-big-tech-companies-spying-on-us\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8524,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[824],"tags":[64,1878],"class_list":["post-8493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-privacy","tag-whistleout"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Are Big Tech Companies Spying on us? - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/are-big-tech-companies-spying-on-us\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are Big Tech Companies Spying on us? - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Are Big Tech companies spying on us? 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