Flaws in Over Half a Million GPS Trackers Expose Children Location Data

What if the tech intended to ensure that your kids, senior citizens, and pets are safe even when they’re out of sight inadvertently expose them to stalkers?

An estimated 600,000 GPS tracking devices for sale on Amazon and other large online merchants … Continue reading Flaws in Over Half a Million GPS Trackers Expose Children Location Data

Google Adds New Option to ‘Auto-Delete’ Your Location History and Activity Data

Google is giving you more control over how long you want the tech company to hold on to your location history and web activity data.

Google has introduced a new, easier, privacy-focused auto-delete feature for your Google account that will allow you t… Continue reading Google Adds New Option to ‘Auto-Delete’ Your Location History and Activity Data

Google Helps Police Identify Devices Close to Crime Scenes Using Location Data

It’s no secret that Google tracks you everywhere, even when you keep Google’s Location History feature disabled.

As revealed by an Associated Press investigation in 2018, other Google apps like Maps or daily weather update service on Android allows th… Continue reading Google Helps Police Identify Devices Close to Crime Scenes Using Location Data

How to Stop Facebook App From Tracking Your Location In the Background

Every app installed on your smartphone with permission to access location service “can” continually collect your real-time location secretly, even in the background when you do not use them.

Do you know? — Installing the Facebook app on your Android a… Continue reading How to Stop Facebook App From Tracking Your Location In the Background

Google Sued Over Misleading Users About Location Tracking Feature

Google was in the news last week for a misleading claim that “with Location History off, the places you go are no longer stored,” which is not true.

Now, the search engine giant is once again in the news after a San Diego man has filed the first lawsu… Continue reading Google Sued Over Misleading Users About Location Tracking Feature

Heat Map Released by Fitness Tracker Reveals Location of Secret Military Bases

Every one of us now has at least one internet-connected smart device, which makes this question even more prominent —how much does your smart device know about you?

Over the weekend, the popular fitness tracking app Strava proudly published a “2017 he… Continue reading Heat Map Released by Fitness Tracker Reveals Location of Secret Military Bases

Hundreds of GPS Location Tracking Services Leaving User Data Open to Hackers

Security researchers have unearthed multiple vulnerabilities in hundreds of GPS services that could enable attackers to expose a whole host of sensitive data on millions of online location tracking devices managed by vulnerable GPS services.

The serie… Continue reading Hundreds of GPS Location Tracking Services Leaving User Data Open to Hackers

WhatsApp may let you Recall Sent Messages and Track Friends Location in Realtime

Are you the victim of sending awkward WhatsApp messages to your friends, families, and colleagues while you’re drunk?

No need to panic now, as you’ll soon be able to recall your drunk or mistakenly sent text messages on WhatsApp – a much-demanded feature.

Recall Unread Messages Sent Mistakenly

The most popular instant messaging service is reportedly testing the ability to edit or

Continue reading WhatsApp may let you Recall Sent Messages and Track Friends Location in Realtime

Uber Now Tracks Your Location Even After Your Ride

Uber was in controversies at the mid of this year for monitoring the battery life of its users, as the company believed that its users were more likely to pay a much higher price to hire a cab when their phone’s battery is close to dying.

Uber is now … Continue reading Uber Now Tracks Your Location Even After Your Ride

Photos On Dark Web Reveal Geo-locations Of 229 Drug Dealers — Here’s How

It’s a Fact! No matter how smart the criminals are, they always leave some trace behind.

Two Harvard students have unmasked around 229 drug and weapon dealers with the help of pictures taken by criminals and used in advertisements placed on dark web m… Continue reading Photos On Dark Web Reveal Geo-locations Of 229 Drug Dealers — Here’s How