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How to exclude your router from surveillance via Wi-Fi positioning system | Kaspersky official blog

June 21, 2024 admin apple, google, GPS, location, privacy, routers, smartphones, SURVEILLANCE, Technology, Wi-Fi

Credit to Author: Stan Kaminsky| Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2024 10:41:02 +0000

How global WPS systems track the location of routers, and the corresponding steps you should take

Why car location tracking needs an overhaul

May 13, 2024 admin car, car location tracking, car tracking, GPS, gps location, location, location data, location history, Location tracking, privacy

Refuge robbed: Car location tracking is becoming a tool of control in situations of domestic abuse. It’s time car companies responded.

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Google failing to scrub abortion access in location history, study claims

January 20, 2024 admin abortion, accountable tech, dobbs, dobbs v. jackson women's health organization, Facebook, google, location, location data, location history, lock and code, news, podcast, privacy, roe v. wade, Supreme Court, us supreme court

A nonprofit study claims that Google is failing to delete location history that reveals users’ physical trips to abortion clinics.

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Proposed Massachusetts law to ban sale of your mobile location data

July 12, 2023 admin Anonymous, broker, cellphone, data, location, locational, Mobile, news, personal, sale, selling, tracking

Categories: News

Categories: Personal

Tags: mobile

Tags: cellphone

Tags: location

Tags: locational

Tags: sale

Tags: selling

Tags: broker

Tags: data

Tags: tracking

Tags: anonymous

A proposed law would ban brokers from selling mobile location data in Massachusetts.

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Strava heatmap loophole may reveal users’ home addresses

June 12, 2023 admin anonymise, Anonymous, Bike, cycling, data, fitness, Health, heatmap, jog, jogger, jogging, location, map, personal, RACE, run, running, strava

Categories: Personal

Tags: strava

Tags: fitness

Tags: health

Tags: run

Tags: running

Tags: jog

Tags: jogging

Tags: jogger

Tags: cycling

Tags: bike

Tags: race

Tags: data

Tags: anonymous

Tags: anonymise

Tags: location

Tags: map

Tags: heatmap

Anonymous data on fitness app Strava’s heatmap may be able to be used to pinpoint users.

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Google to pay $40m for “deceptive and unfair” location tracking practices

May 23, 2023 admin advertising, court, data, google, lawsuit, location, personal, settlement, tracking

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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3 reasons to use a VPN

May 16, 2023 admin always on, location, personal, privacy, sensitive information, VPN

Categories: 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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