location tracking
FCC: Phone Network Bugs Must Be Fixed — But are SS7/Diameter Beyond Repair?
Fast enough for government work: The Federal Communications Commission is finally minded to do something about decades-old vulnerabilities ...
First Ban on Selling Location Data, Prohibiting Password Managers, Real-Time Crime Center Concerns
In this episode we discuss how Massachusetts lawmakers are pushing a groundbreaking bill to ban the buying and selling of location data from mobile devices. This legislation raises vital questions about consumer ...
Reddit Hacked, Preventing Accidental Location Sharing, Developer Hacks His Own Company
Reddit announced that it was the victim of a phishing attack aimed at its employees, resulting in unauthorized access to internal documents, code, and some unspecified business systems. Advice on managing device ...
Janet Jackson Can Crash Laptops, Credential Phishing Attacks Skyrocket, A Phone Carrier That Doesn’t Track You
Janet Jackson’s “Rhythm Nation” has been recognized as an exploit for a vulnerability after Microsoft reported it can crash the hard drives of certain old laptop computers, phishing attacks that compromise credentials ...
Tim Hortons Privacy Investigation, Social Engineering Kill-Chain, Hospitals Sending Facebook Your Data
The Tim Hortons mobile app created a “a mass invasion of Canadians’ privacy” by conducting continuous location tracking without user consent even when the app was closed, what is a social engineering ...
Top 3 Location Tracking Apps: Do They Sell Your Data?
This week we discuss the top 3 location tracking apps in the Apple App Store and Google Play and which ones sell your data. Plus, details about recent fake Chick-fil-A and Olive ...
Ukraine Invasion Hacktivists, Insta360 ONE X2 Vulnerabilities, Google Location Tracking Lawsuits
Hacktivists have hacked a Belarus rail system in an attempt to stop Russian military buildup, someone disclosed a slew of vulnerabilities in the popular Insta360 ONE X2 camera, and Google gets accused ...
Location Tracking of Field Force and Frontline Workers: Know the Benefits
The advent and dynamic evolution of mobile technologies have paved new ways of conducting and managing business operations. Offices are no longer confined within brick and mortar settings, rather the perimeters of ...
Congress asks Google to explain why it tracks users’ ‘whole pattern of life’
The US Congress has issued an open letter asking Google CEO Sundar Pichai to explain in detail why his company keeps a database of the precise location information of hundreds of millions ...
