Article 4J1PA Sneaky fingerprinting script in Microsoft ad slips onto StackOverflow, against site policy

Sneaky fingerprinting script in Microsoft ad slips onto StackOverflow, against site policy

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Story Image'We are NOT okay with it' says Architecture Lead

StackOverflow, a popular resource for developers looking for code to copy and paste solutions to tricky programming issues, has been found to be serving an ad complete with JavaScript code intended to track users regardless of their privacy choices."

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