{"id":16103,"date":"2016-03-20T23:51:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T04:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=16103"},"modified":"2016-03-20T23:51:47","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T04:51:47","slug":"ftc-issues-warning-letters-to-app-developers-using-silverpush-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=16103","title":{"rendered":"FTC Issues Warning Letters to App Developers Using \u2018Silverpush\u2019 Code"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Known as Silverpush, the software is designed to monitor consumers\u2019 television use through the use of \u201caudio beacons\u201d emitted by TVs, which consumers can\u2019t hear but can be detected by the software. The letters note that the software would be capable of producing a detailed log of the television content viewed while a user\u2019s mobile device was turned on for the purpose of targeted advertising and analytics.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ftc.gov\/news-events\/press-releases\/2016\/03\/ftc-issues-warning-letters-app-developers-using-silverpush-code\">FTC Issues Warning Letters to App Developers Using \u2018Silverpush\u2019 Code | Federal Trade Commission<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Known as Silverpush, the software is designed to monitor consumers\u2019 television use through the use of \u201caudio beacons\u201d emitted by TVs, which consumers can\u2019t hear but can be detected by the software. The letters note that the software would be &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/?p=16103\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1078],"tags":[991,188,436],"class_list":["post-16103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-applications","tag-ftc","tag-privacy","tag-smartphones"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16103"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16104,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16103\/revisions\/16104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bucktownbell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}