Collaborate Disseminate
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
My Android device today popped up a screen indicating that it had joined the new Find My Device Network that allows two-way scanning of device locations over Bluetooth.
Despite Google’s claims of encryption, this sounds really weird to me…. Continue reading Android Find My Device Network Privacy
Creating this thread to answer my question which was asked in a formerly deleted thread that claimed it was not possible. But it is indeed possible.
https://security.stackexchange.com/questions/274427/can-bluetooth-expose-laptop-location
Some websites deploy geolocation services (without us downloading add-on or extra packages or anything). If you use VPN, these websites seem to be able to recognize that and deny services. This tells me somehow they have collected or archi… Continue reading Popular VPN subnets being blacklisted or blocked
The ProtonMail people are accusing Microsoft’s new Outlook for Windows app of conducting extensive surveillance on its users. It shares data with advertisers, a lot of data:
The window informs users that Microsoft and those 801 third parties use their data for a number of purposes, including to:
- Store and/or access information on the user’s device
- Develop and improve products
- Personalize ads and content
- Measure ads and content
- Derive audience insights
- Obtain precise geolocation data
- Identify users through device scanning
… Continue reading Surveillance by the New Microsoft Outlook App