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SlashGear
2 weeks ago
Privacy professionals

12 Ways Your Smartphone Might Be Tracking You - SlashGear

Smartphones track users via GPS, Wi-Fi, and cellular networks with alarming precision for various purposes. [ more ]
Futurism
1 month ago
Data science

Data Leak Reveals Hundreds of Visitors to Epstein's Private Island

Data broker leaked locations of Little St. James visitors.
Near Intelligence collected geofenced data and sold it to military contractors.
Geofencing allows tracking of individuals' movements. [ more ]
Quartz
1 month ago
Data science

Watch out for these digital kiosks because they grab your phone's data as you walk by

Digital kiosks from Soofa collect phone's data near them for analytics and sell it to local governments and advertisers.
The data collected includes phone's unique identifier, manufacturer, and signal strength to track individuals' movement near the kiosks. [ more ]
The Verge
3 years ago
Digital life

How to stop location tracking on your Android phone (mostly)

Location tracking can be convenient but also raises privacy concerns.
Google tracks your location through multiple built-in apps on Android phones. [ more ]
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TechCrunch
3 days ago
Tech industry

Apple and Google agree on standard to alert people when unknown Bluetooth devices may be tracking them | TechCrunch

Apple and Google are introducing alerts when Bluetooth trackers are being used to track users, aiming to address stalking incidents. [ more ]
Adrelien Blog - Every Pulse Count
1 month ago
Angular

How To Add GPS To Lilygo TTGO Meshtastic Node

Adding a GPS module to Lilygo TTGO Meshtastic Node enhances functionality.
Soldering headers to the Heltec and GPS module is needed for hardware assembly. [ more ]
The Verge
4 months ago
Privacy professionals

FTC bans major data broker from selling invasive location tracking details

The FTC has prohibited Outlogic, a US data broker, from selling or sharing sensitive location information due to a lack of safeguards to protect consumer privacy.
Outlogic's data was capable of tracking individuals to sensitive locations, including domestic abuse shelters and reproductive health clinics. [ more ]
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