The surveillance economy has set its sights on smartphone sensors
The most successful companies of our time are those who’ve mastered user data – collecting it, analyzing it and profiting from it – …
Popular family tracking app exposed real-time location data onto the internet – no password required
More than 238,000 individuals users have had their family’s real-time location exposed for weeks on end after an app developer left …
Will the next version of Android get location privacy right?
Google has confirmed that improved control over location tracking is one of several new privacy features in the next version of its mobile …
Ajit Pai Refuses to Brief Congress About Why Bounty Hunters Can Buy Cell Phone Location Data
Monday, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai refused to meet with a Congressional committee to discuss the underground sale …
Ring Security Cam Snooping, Location Tracking, and More Security News This Week
Another week, another crypto heist. This time, Ethereum Classic was the target, when hackers stole around $1.1 million worth of coins by taking over 51-percent of the currency’s network. …
Old tweets reveal hidden secrets
Old Twitter posts could reveal more about you than you think, according to a research paper released this month. Tweets could reveal places …
Facebook has filed patents to predict our future locations
Facebook filed a patent, titled “Offline Trajectories,” last week in which it proposes predicting users’ “location trajectories” …
Phones are selling location data from “trusted” apps
A New York Times investigation has found that apps such as GasBuddy and The Weather Channel are among at least 75 companies getting …
Google’s “deceitful” location tracking is against the law, say 7 EU groups
The row over Google’s location tracking has spread to Europe. Consumer organizations from across the region said this week that they will …
Google and Facebook accused of secretly tracking users’ locations
Google and Facebook have been hit separately by class action lawsuits accusing the companies of secretly tracking users’ locations, even …
Instagram tests sharing your location history with Facebook
For those Facebook users who still cling to the notion that they can limit Facebook’s tracking of our lives like it’s an electronic …
Google Hit With Lawsuit Over Location Tracking
A lawsuit accuses Google of “the surreptitious location tracking of millions of mobile phone users via its Android mobile operating system …
Google Sued Over Misleading Users About Location Tracking Feature
Google was in the news last week for a misleading claim that “with Location History off, the places you go are no longer stored,” which is …
Google is tracking your location, even when the setting is turned off
Shock horror – it appears Google can track the location of anyone using some of its apps on Android or iPhone even when they’ve told it …
Google Tracks iPhone and Android Users Location Data Even If Location History Turned Off
Google tracks your location even if you have the Location History turned off on your mobile devices. Generally, Google asks permission to …
Turning off Location History doesn’t prevent Google from knowing your location
If you believe that by turning off Location History on your Android device or iPhone means that Google won’t be able to know your …
Pausing ‘Location history’ doesn’t stop Google tracking your location. Here’s how to stop it
You would think that telling Google that you didn’t want your location be tracked by disabling an option called “Location History” …
Pausing Google ‘Location history’ doesn’t stop your location data from being collected and stored
You would think that telling Google that you didn’t want your location be tracked by disabling an option called “Location History” …