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Why Your Wi-Fi Router Doubles as an Apple AirTag

May 21, 2024 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, Apple, bssid, david levin, erik rye, ieee, Latest Warnings, security tools, starlink, The Coming Storm, university of maryland, wi-fi location

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 21 May 2024 16:21:20 +0000

Apple and the satellite-based broadband service Starlink each recently took steps to address new research into the potential security and privacy implications of how their services geo-locate devices. Researchers from the University of Maryland say they relied on publicly available data from Apple to track the location of billions of devices globally — including non-Apple devices like Starlink systems — and found they could use this data to monitor the destruction of Gaza, as well as the movements and in many cases identities of Russian and Ukrainian troops.

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Re-Victimization from Police-Auctioned Cell Phones

May 16, 2023 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, dave levin, graykey, propertyroom.com, university of maryland

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 12:20:58 +0000

Countless smartphones seized in arrests and searches by police forces across the United States are being auctioned online without first having the data on them erased, a practice that can lead to crime victims being re-victimized, a new study found. In response, the largest online marketplace for items seized in U.S. law enforcement investigations says it now ensures that all phones sold through its platform will be data-wiped prior to auction.