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

December 16, 2019 0 Comments Android, arson, atf, bureau of alcohol, dragnet, firearms and explosives, geofence, geofencing, Google, Law & order, location data, Location history, Mobile, Privacy, reverse location search, sensorvault, tobacco, warrant

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 11:14:20 +0000

Investigators are using geofence warrants to get anybody and everybody who’s near a crime at a given time.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/uI3cDCVNbEk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Kids’ smartwatch security tracker can be hacked by anyone

November 28, 2019 0 Comments av-test.org, children, gps, Internet of Things, IoT, kids, Law & order, location data, Privacy, security threats, sma m2 smartwatch, smart watch, vulnerability

Credit to Author: John E Dunn| Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2019 11:32:46 +0000

For researchers at testing outfit AV-Test, the SMA M2 kids’ smartwatch is just the tip of an iceberg of terrible security.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OslMbiNGOKg” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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

October 30, 2019 0 Comments bikes, geolocation, ladot, Law & order, location data, PII, Privacy, ride-hailing, scooters, trip data, uber

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2019 10:43:41 +0000

The anonymized real-time location data the city’s after can easily be associated with riders, thereby jeopardizing their privacy, Uber says.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/BqXMC-Elu-8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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

October 8, 2019 0 Comments cyberstalking, extortion, gps, indictment, Law & order, loansharking, location data, location tracking, mafia, mobster, organized crime, Privacy, racketeering, sports bribery, stalker, stalking, wise guys

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2019 11:14:59 +0000

Girlfriend found it, girlfriend popped it onto a city bus, gadget got found, multiyear investigation got launched, 20 got indicted.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/z5Bf3GfVqZ0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Google brings Incognito mode to Maps

October 4, 2019 0 Comments Google, google maps, incognito, location data, Location history, location tracking, online privacy, Privacy

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:14:21 +0000

It’s good, but also a perfect opportunity for us to remember that Incognito mode doesn’t translate to “I’m invisible!”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/KkXzlbi_Sso” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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

September 12, 2019 0 Comments cellphone data, denmark, evidence, Law & order, location data, Mobile

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2019 10:10:11 +0000

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.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/yIUHlMMyAfY” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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

September 11, 2019 0 Comments Android, Android 10, facebook, iOS, iOS 13, location data, location tracking, Marketing, Mobile, Privacy, Tracking

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:16:00 +0000

The OS updates may not reflect your Facebook app setting, but Facebook says it will respect whatever users’ most restrictive settings are.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/6rvcy97aMoE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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FBI asks Google for help finding criminals

September 3, 2019 0 Comments Android, bank robbery, Google, Law & order, location data, Location history, location tracking, Mobile, Privacy, search warrant

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 10:39:18 +0000

FBI agents issued Google with a warrant in November 2018, seeking its help with a bank robbery the month before.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/jfyUzpPb6Ww” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Instagram boots ad partner for location tracking and scraping stories

August 9, 2019 0 Comments Big Data, data scraping, facebook, Hyp3r, Instagram, location data, Marketing, Privacy, Tracking, user data, user profiles

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 13:07:06 +0000

A “preferred Facebook Marketing Partner” is alleged to have tracked millions of Instagram users’ locations and stories.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/tYg0EOUDhS8″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Parents, it’s time to delete Pet Chat from your child’s LeapPad

August 9, 2019 0 Comments Checkmarx, children, Cryptography, https, LeapFrog, LeapPad, LeapSearch, location data, MITM, Mobile, Pet Chat, Privacy, rogue access point, tablets, Tracking

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2019 12:54:02 +0000

LeapFrog has done lots to fix the security of the LeapPad. Now all that’s left is for parents to scrape Pet Chat off of older tablets.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/ejkztteslLE” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>