Collaborate Disseminate
I would like to ask which database Facebook uses to determine the geographic location of the IP address from which I am connected.
Let me explain better.
I am currently using a VPN between my PC and my Unix server which is in Amsterdam, Ho… Continue reading which database Facebook uses to determine the geographic location of the IP address?
404 Media and Wired are reporting on all the apps that are spying on your location, based on a hack of the location data company Gravy Analytics:
The thousands of apps, included in hacked files from location data company Gravy Analytics, include everything from games like Candy Crush to dating apps like Tinder, to pregnancy tracking and religious prayer apps across both Android and iOS. Because much of the collection is occurring through the advertising ecosystem—not code developed by the app creators themselves—this data collection is likely happening both without users’ and even app developers’ knowledge…
In addition to this question: Does geo blocking whole countries objectively increase security?. When countries are at (cyber) war or have full trade embargos against each other. Do they have the technical ability to geo block the traffic f… Continue reading Do countries have the ability to geo block another country entirely when at cyberwar? [closed]
I often see whole countries being blocked using GEO-IP blocks in network firewalls and even in web application firewalls. Often with great anecdotal success in reducing the amount of registered intrusions and attacks.
However, I’m wonderin… Continue reading Does geo blocking whole countries objectively increase security? [duplicate]
This feels important:
The Secret Service has used a technology called Locate X which uses location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on phones. Because users agreed to an opaque terms of service page, the Secret Service believes it doesn̵… Continue reading Secret Service Tracking People’s Locations without Warrant
From answer to question Can a hacker, that knows my IP address, remotely access accounts I have left logged in on my computer? :
IP addresses are not very dangerous when a malicious user knows them. This is somewhat of a myth caused by sc… Continue reading Does knowing my IP address allow someone to find my home address? [duplicate]
Server logs (or Grabify-type services) are only able to determine the IP (and other information unrelated to a physical location, such as browser, device, etc) and "Geo-ip location accuracy varies wildly from country to country and fr… Continue reading Determine location of scammer with SE and ‘honeypot’: not IP but picture metadata? [closed]
This is a big deal. A US Appeals Court ruled that geofence warrants—these are general warrants demanding information about all people within a geographical boundary—are unconstitutional.
The decision seems obvious to me, but you can’t… Continue reading US Federal Court Rules Against Geofence Warrants
I know that recently the federal courts have put an end to the selling of collected cellular geolocation data by cellular service providers, although I still see a lot of companies who claim to be able to provide such data. Unsure what bea… Continue reading How can one acquire historical cellular geolocation data, and is that even still possible? [closed]
Brian Krebs reports on research into geolocating routers:
Apple and the satellite-based broadband service Starlink each recently took steps to address new research into the potential security and privacy implications of how their services geolocate devices. Researchers from the University of Maryland say they relied on publicly available data from Apple to track the location of billions of devices globally—including non-Apple devices like Starlink systems—and found they could use this data to monitor the destruction of Gaza, as well as the movements and in many cases identities of Russian and Ukrainian troops…
Continue reading Privacy Implications of Tracking Wireless Access Points