Collaborate Disseminate
By Waqas
Smartphones are fun to use, but what if someone is
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Google collects Android location data even if location service is off
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Some police and child protection authorities are advising parents to turn off the new feature Continue reading Snapchat starts sharing your (and your kids’) location. Turn it off.
Yext, the company that helps businesses make sure that their location data appears correctly in search results, is announcing that Jim Steele will be joining the company full-time as president and chief revenue officer. Steele was previously on the board at Yext and was most recently at InsideSales. “I found a new younger Mark Benioff and I’m really excited,” Steele says… Read More Continue reading Yext hires new president as it looks to IPO
Privacy in Windows 10 is back in the news this week but for all the right reasons which include providing end users greater control over the data Microsoft knows and collects from them.
read more Continue reading Update: Windows 10, Privacy, and Telemetry
Privacy in Windows 10 is back in the news this week but for all the right reasons which include providing end users greater control over the data Microsoft knows and collects from them.
read more Continue reading Update: Windows 10, Privacy, and Telemetry
How do you audit your home Wi-Fi network? Perhaps you log into your router and have a look at the connected devices. Sometimes you’ll find an unexpected guest, but a bit of detective work will usually lead you to the younger nephew’s game console or that forgotten ESP8266 on your bench.
Wouldn’t it be useful if your router could tell you where all the devices connected to it are? If you are [Zack Scholl], you can do all this and more, for his FIND-LF system logs Wi-Fi probe requests from all Wi-Fi devices within its range even if they are …read more
By Uzair Amir
If you think that your location data is safe then
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: This Ransomware Exposes Users’ Location Data on the Internet
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The HTC Vive is a virtual reality system designed to work with Steam VR. The system seeks to go beyond just a headset in order to make an entire room a virtual reality environment by using two base stations that track the headset and controller in space. The hardware is very exciting because of the potential to expand gaming and other VR experiences, but it’s already showing significant potential for hackers as well — in this case with robotics location and navigation.
Autonomous robots generally utilize one of two basic approaches for locating themselves: onboard sensors and mapping to see …read more
‘LocationSafe’ would give users a lot more control over how and when apps get their location data. Continue reading Researchers Want To Give The Internet of Things Tighter Location Privacy Control
If you’re into location apps, a new one called IS is worth checking out. It has great privacy controls, a slick design, and it doesn’t drain your battery. The post Oddly Named App Makes Sharing Your Location Less Creepy appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading Oddly Named App Makes Sharing Your Location Less Creepy
