January 08, 2022

Honda cars in flashback to 2002 – “Can’t Get You Out Of My Head”

Where were YOU on the night of 17 May 2002? And what about the day after that?

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April 28, 2020

Coronavirus tracking tool from Apple and Google embraced by Germany

Germany's ditched a homegrown alternative that featured a centralized database of location data, raising privacy concerns.

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March 10, 2020

Google data puts innocent man at the scene of a crime

The man became a suspect because location data from his Android phone was swept up in a surveillance dragnet called a geofence warrant.

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February 26, 2020

Taking a GPS tracker off your car isn’t ‘theft,’ court rules

This line of thinking could get absurd, Indiana's supreme court declared. How do you "steal" something if you don't know who owns it?

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January 13, 2020

Lawmakers look to spread COPPA out to cover kids up to 16

If that bill passes, you can say bye-bye to YouTube, says one content creator.

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December 23, 2019

Smartphone location data can be used to identify and track anyone

In today’s smartphone economy, hiding your location has become a major challenge.

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December 20, 2019

Facebook’s location tracking policy still worries US Senators

Does Facebook continue to track the locations of its users even when they’ve told it not to? Yes!

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December 09, 2019

Will the new iPhone 11 track you even if you tell it not to?

Does turning location access off for all your apps mean that location access is off altogether?

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November 28, 2019

Kids’ smartwatch security tracker can be hacked by anyone

For researchers at testing outfit AV-Test, the SMA M2 kids’ smartwatch is just the tip of an iceberg of terrible security.

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