Thesaurus / circumvent
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This is a way to circumvent browser blockades to ensure that ad platforms can access the data advertisers rely on to measure campaign performance now and in the future when a website’s server can no longer set trackers on the user’s browser.
WTF IS SERVER-SIDE CONVERSION TRACKING?KATE KAYEAUGUST 16, 2021DIGIDAYThat a private company, servicing almost a third of the global population, was poised to circumvent the existing international monetary system shocked central banks already reeling from the rise of cryptocurrencies.
HOW CHINA’S DIGITAL CURRENCY COULD CHALLENGE THE ALMIGHTY DOLLARCHARLIE CAMPBELLAUGUST 11, 2021TIMEThe idea of giving freely of what you no longer need rather than tossing it—that is, the very essence of a hiker box—circumvents the self-replicating loop of infinite consumption and waste.
THE HIDDEN MUTUAL AID NETWORK OF HIKER BOXESAWISEJULY 19, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINEYet in reality, those protections turned out to be either ineffective or easy to circumvent, our stories showed.
THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING BEHIND AMERICA’S OBSESSION WITH BRITNEY SPEARS’ CONSERVATORSHIPBY ROBIN FIELDSJULY 13, 2021PROPUBLICAIndeed, there are apps in the iOS App Store that use measurement and attribution tools to circumvent Apple’s guidance around tracking to varying degrees.
HOW APPLE’S PRIVATE RELAY COULD BE THE BEGINNING OF THE END FOR FINGERPRINTING ON IOS DEVICESSEB JOSEPHJULY 8, 2021DIGIDAYEach month, a subscriber will be able to “gift” 10 articles to non-subscribers to circumvent the site’s paywall.
MEDIA BRIEFING: HOW SPORTS PUBLISHERS ARE HANDLING THIS YEAR’S OLYMPICSTIM PETERSONJUNE 24, 2021DIGIDAYThe story exposed the various ways in which coastal homeowners have used loopholes to circumvent Hawaii’s environmental laws at the expense of the state’s beaches.
PROPUBLICA DATA VISUALIZATIONS WIN TWO MALOFIEJ MEDALSBY PROPUBLICAJUNE 17, 2021PROPUBLICATinder is strict about requiring a valid phone number to register, though it’s not impossible for people to circumvent the system by registering with a Google Voice number, for example.
TINDER FINALLY ADDS A BLOCK CONTACTS FEATUREAMANDA SILBERLINGJUNE 4, 2021TECHCRUNCHAfter a false start in 2020, when Scott let them know of a critical error they were able to circumvent, Ferber and Krivelevich posted the final result in late March 2021.
MATHEMATICIANS ANSWER OLD QUESTION ABOUT ODD GRAPHSKEVIN HARTNETTMAY 19, 2021QUANTA MAGAZINEThe spread of variants of concern across the planet has raised fears the virus will find ways to remain elusive, potentially circumventing vaccines.
CORONAVIRUS STRAIN FUELING INDIA CRISIS IS THE NEWEST ‘VARIANT OF CONCERN’ AND IS SPREADING GLOBALLYJOEL ACHENBACHMAY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POSTWORDS RELATED TO CIRCUMVENT
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