Ian Cohen Drops a Dime on the
Myriad Trackers Stalking You

Feel like your every move online was being observed and weaponized? It’s worse than you think.


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We all know that the Internets watch you and use what they see to haunt you with doo-dads and tee shirts, but what you may not know is that what you see is just the tip of an evil cyber iceberg (nothing against those endangered geological entities). Lokker CEO Ian Cohen fills us in on just how bad it is “out there.”

Every website and app is gobbling up every piece of information it can about you. Hundreds of invisible trackers make this possible. Our guest this week says the number can often be in the hundreds per page. So what can we do about it? Tune in to find out. 

This week’s Tin Foil Swan explains how to hide your payment card information from prying eyes online.

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About the Host

Adam Levin is the former Director of Consumer Affairs for the State of New Jersey, serial entrepreneur and author of Swiped, which he wrote with his sidekick, writer and cyber mensch, Beau Friedlander. With expert commentary from Travis “Here’s What Actually Happened” Taylor, the show gets everything sorted out—or not—but either way you’re going to have a great time. Something weird happen to you? We’ve got your back.

Credits

What the Hack with Adam Levin is a production of Loud Tree Media and is executive produced by Adam Levin and Beau Friedlander and produced by Andrew Steven and Travis Taylor.

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