If your dog is uneasy around your phone, it may be hearing ultrasonic cookies

While many companies are cleaning up their client databases to comply with the new General Data Protection Regulation a.k.a. GDPR, other companies work equally hard on technologies to bypass such regulations. One of these new technologies is the ultrasonic cookie made possible by, for instance, Google Nearby.

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