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 16, 2019

Police get “unprecedented” data haul from Google with geofence warrants

Investigators are using geofence warrants to get anybody and everybody who's near a crime at a given time.

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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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October 30, 2019

Uber sues LA in bid to protect scooter riders’ geolocation data

The anonymized real-time location data the city's after can easily be associated with riders, thereby jeopardizing their privacy, Uber says.

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October 08, 2019

GPS tracker from stalked woman’s car led to indictment of 20 mobsters

Girlfriend found it, girlfriend popped it onto a city bus, gadget got found, multiyear investigation got launched, 20 got indicted.

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October 04, 2019

Google brings Incognito mode to Maps

It's good, but also a perfect opportunity for us to remember that Incognito mode doesn't translate to "I'm invisible!"

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September 12, 2019

Error-laden phone location data suspended from use in Danish courts

10,700 cases will be reviewed over 2 months, and 32 detainees have already been released after finding bugs in software and raw telecom data.

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September 11, 2019

Facebook says location data in iOS 13, Android 10 may be confusing

The OS updates may not reflect your Facebook app setting, but Facebook says it will respect whatever users' most restrictive settings are.

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