Collaborate Disseminate
“It is now abundantly clear that you have failed to be good stewards of your customers’ private location information,” Senator Wyden wrote in a letter addressed to AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon. Continue reading T-Mobile Reveals More Location Data Abuse Following Questions from Senator Wyden
A Motherboard investigation has found that around 250 bounty hunters and related businesses had access to AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint customer location data. Continue reading Big Telecom Sold Highly Sensitive Customer GPS Data Typically Used for 911 Calls
Documents show that bail bond companies used a secret phone tracking service to make tens of thousands of location requests. Continue reading Hundreds of Bounty Hunters Had Access to AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint Customer Location Data for Years
After Motherboard found that AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint are selling their customers’ phone location data ultimately to bounty hunters, AT&T has decided to stop service for all location aggregators, an essential part of the data supply chain. Continue reading AT&T to Stop Selling Location Data to Third Parties After Motherboard Investigation
After Motherboard’s article, Senators Kamala Harris, Mark Warner, and Ron Wyden are coming out against telcos who are selling their customers’ location data. Continue reading Senators Call on FCC To Investigate T-Mobile, AT&T, and Sprint Selling Location Data to Bounty Hunters
Verizon and other telcos have been selling phone location data to companies catering to marketers and low level law enforcement. Now, Verizon says it is cutting ties with certain firms that abused that data access. Continue reading Verizon Says It Will Stop Selling US Phone Data That Ended Up in Hands of Cops
Senator Ron Wyden is pushing to mandate government-wide use of the email authentication protocol DMARC “to ensure that hackers cannot send emails that impersonate federal agencies.” Continue reading Senator Calls For Use Of DMARC To Curb Phishing
The Senate’s use of the end-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal is a good first step in protecting U.S. democratic institutions, but much more needs to be protected. Continue reading Senate’s Use of Signal A Good First Step, Experts Say