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Categories: Personal Tags: Google Tags: tracking Tags: location Tags: data Tags: court Tags: lawsuit Tags: settlement Tags: advertising We take a look at a case where Google is agreeing to pay $40m as a result of disclosure related to location tracking issues. |
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Read MoreCategories: Personal Categories: Privacy Tags: VPN Tags: Privacy Tags: always on Tags: location Tags: sensitive information Most VPN users can be put in one of three categories. It all depends on your needs and your threat model. |
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Credit to Author: Stan Kaminsky| Date: Tue, 16 May 2023 07:47:07 +0000
What information the smartphone vendor receives when GPS or GLONASS are active on your phone.
Read MoreCredit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2020 19:24:50 +0000
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| We look at some of the ways people have gamed online mapping systems over the years. Categories: Tags: art vs techbusinessescarscrowdsourcingGooglegoogle mapsgpsgps locationlocationmap makermapsreviewstraffic appstraffic sensorsuser generated content |
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Read MoreCredit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000
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| An app called Family Locator exposed the personal information and locations of 280,000 users in real time, including children. How did this happen? And how can app developers avoid it in the future? Categories: Tags: databaseexposedfamilylocationMongoDB |
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Credit to Author: Lisa Cumming| Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 13:00:00 +0000
Without being able to reliably use GPS, I felt lost.
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