Todd Wasserman covered the story for Mashable. It was also covered by none other than the Wall Street Journal. According to the Journal, advertising companies have been using special computer code that tricks Apple’s Safari Web-browsing software into letting them monitor many users. Safari, the most widely used browser on mobile devices, is designed to block such tracking by default. Stanford researcher Jonathan Mayer broke the story on his blog earlier this month. He stated that Google and Vibrant Media intentionally circumvent Safari’s privacy feature. Media Innovation Group and PointRoll…