Collaborate Disseminate
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
I haven’t granted location privileges to the Google Maps website. If I choose a destination for a route, and then click the suggestion Your location for an origin, the browser prompts to grant the location privilege. If I then click Block,… Continue reading How does Google Maps guess my location without browser permissions or Google account permissions? [duplicate]
Perhaps the opposite of an information security question:
Consider a hypothetical where my associate and I have been accused of being the same person abusing multiple accounts on an online forum.
Administrators have the power to look up t… Continue reading How can I access the internet in a way that proves my physical location?
While we absolutely support the right of everyone to express their opinions, it seems to us that it’s rarely wise to turn your vehicle into a mobile billboard for your …read more Continue reading AI-Powered Bumper Sticker Provides Context-Sensitive Urban Camouflage
I know about Wi-Fi geolocation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi_positioning_system), but I’ve never gotten a clear answer on whether or not there is anything similar with Bluetooth. The scenario is someone uses a wired connection (Wi-F… Continue reading Can bluetooth expose laptop location? [closed]
How can iplocation.net know my country if I use a VPN thru Opera Mini on Android?
Accessing myip.com it says "no country".
But accessing iplocation.net shows my real city and provider! And a different IP address from myip.com, of… Continue reading How can iplocation.net know my country if I use a VPN thru Opera Mini on Android? [duplicate]
Wow:
To test PIGEON’s performance, I gave it five personal photos from a trip I took across America years ago, none of which have been published online. Some photos were snapped in cities, but a few were taken in places nowhere near roads or other easily recognizable landmarks.
That didn’t seem to matter much.
It guessed a campsite in Yellowstone to within around 35 miles of the actual location. The program placed another photo, taken on a street in San Francisco, to within a few city blocks.
Not every photo was an easy match: The program mistakenly linked one photo taken on the front range of Wyoming to a spot along the front range of Colorado, more than a hundred miles away. And it guessed that a picture of the Snake River Canyon in Idaho was of the Kawarau Gorge in New Zealand (in fairness, the two landscapes look remarkably similar)…
Continue reading AI Is Scarily Good at Guessing the Location of Random Photos
Google Maps now stores location data locally on your device, meaning that Google no longer has that data to turn over to the police.
Continue reading Google Stops Collecting Location Data from Maps