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The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data

October 23, 2024 admin A Little Sunshine, accuweather, adx, android advertising id, app tracking transparency, apple, Associated Press, bid request, br24, daniel's law, Electronic Frontier Foundation, eva galperin, fog reveal, gasbuddy, google, Grindr, identifier for advertisers, judge andrew f. wilkinson judicial security act, justin sherman, justyna maloney, Latest Warnings, macy's, maid, mobile advertising id, MyFitnessPal, netzpolitik.org, scott maloney, Sen. Ron Wyden, silentpush, tangles, The Coming Storm, troutman pepper, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, webloc, zach edwards

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2024 11:30:18 +0000

Not long ago, the ability to remotely track someone’s daily movements just by knowing their home address, employer, or place of worship was considered a powerful surveillance tool that should only be in the purview of nation states. But a new lawsuit in a likely constitutional battle over a New Jersey privacy law shows that anyone can now access this capability, thanks to a proliferation of commercial services that hoover up the digital exhaust emitted by widely-used mobile apps and websites.

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LGBTQ+ community targeted by extortionists who threaten to publish nudes

June 28, 2022 admin cryptocurrency scam, dating apps, FBI, federal bureau of investigations, Federal Trade Commission, feeld, FTC, Grindr, impersonators, investment scam, LGBTQ, lgbtq+ extortion, romance scam, Social engineering

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2022 11:15:24 +0000

The FTC has issued a warning to the LGBTQ+ community about extortionists posing as potential romantic partners on Grindr and Feeld.

The post LGBTQ+ community targeted by extortionists who threaten to publish nudes appeared first on Malwarebytes Labs.

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Spoofed Grindr Accounts Turned One Man’s Life Into a ‘Living Hell’

January 31, 2017 admin apps, Grindr, lawsuits, Security, spoofing, Threat Level

When someone started making fake Grindr profiles for Matthew Herrick, more than 700 men came to his home and work. The post Spoofed Grindr Accounts Turned One Man’s Life Into a ‘Living Hell’ appeared first on WIRED.