Facebook and Google track what porn you’re watching, even when you’re in incognito

Isobel Asher Hamilton

  • Porn sites are riddled with web trackers, including from Google, Facebook, and Oracle, according to researchers at Microsoft, Carnegie Mellon, and the University of Pennsylvania.
  • More than 22,484 porn sites were analyzed, of which 74% were found to contain Google trackers. Oracle had trackers on 24% and Facebook on 10%.
  • Google and Facebook said data from these trackers was not used to build marketing profiles of users.

Facebook, Google, and Oracle are tracking the porn you watch, according to a new study first spotted by The New York Times.

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How Psychedelic Surf Smugglers Invented Dabs (With Help From the CIA?)

Who invented the dab?

All too often in the world of cannabis such monumental achievements end up lost to history, particularly those that date back to the bad old days of total prohibition. But in this case, we actually have a primary document to work off. Because on October 3, 1973, the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary held a rather unique hearing entitled Hashish Smuggling and Passport Control: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love.

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Do Cannabis Sublingual Strips Really Work? Yes—Here’s How

Hey, it goes under the tongue not on the tongue.

As the cannabis market grows, consumption methods are expanding beyond bongs, joints, and edibles.  Now you can put a tiny strip of cannabis film under your tongue.

Sublingual strips have quickly become a burgeoning part of the market because of their fast-acting effectiveness and discreetness. But how exactly do these tiny little film strips work?

Sublingual cannabis strips work by interacting with the body’s oral mucosa, the absorbent membranes under your tongue.

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