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Privacy activists scored a legal victory this week after the Supreme Court ruled it unlawful for law enforcement and federal agencies to access cellphone location records without a warrant. Continue reading US authorities now need warrant for your cellphone location data
When iOS 12 is released later this year, it will come with a new feature that will allow iPhone users in the US who call 911 to “automatically and securely” share their location data with first responders. How does it work? Since 2015, Appl… Continue reading iOS 12 will allow users to share their exact location with emergency services
The commoditization of personal data in recent years has created huge opportunities for anyone with the skills to collect, catalogue and correlate every aspect of our lives. For many years now, there has been a war between browser vendors and unscrupul… Continue reading Google’s Newest Feature: Find My Home
From the carriers to LocationSmart to 3Cinteractive to Securus: there appears to be a chain pockmarked with lack of authentication and data lost to hackers. Continue reading Real-time cellphone location data leaked for all major US carriers
The system requires that you have legal authority to use it, but doesn’t check Continue reading Prison phone service can expose the location of anyone with a phone
GDPR is coming and Apple’s spring cleaning the App Store Continue reading Apple boots out apps that abuse location data collection
Police intend to use location data from Google to work out which devices were being used near the scene of crimes. Continue reading Police ask Google for location data to narrow suspect lists
This could go beyond Radio Shack and location data; it may apply to email/text messages, internet searches, and bank and credit card records. Continue reading Radio Shack robbery to have huge consequences for location privacy
Androids have been collecting our location data and sending it to Google when connected to the internet Continue reading Androids caught secretly reporting location data regardless of opt-out
Androids have been collecting our location data and sending it to Google when connected to the internet Continue reading Androids caught secretly reporting location data regardless of opt-out