Collaborate Disseminate
First amendment rights in the United States only go so far. Shout “fire” in a crowded room for thrills or threaten to kill someone and you will find yourself on the wrong side of the First Amendment interpretation of what constitutes free speech. Jose… Continue reading First Amendment Fight: Twitter Threat Ends in Conviction
An obsessed fan assaulted J-Pop star Ena Matsuoka after determining where she lived by zooming in on selfies she had posted on social media, and examining the reflection in her eyes.
Continue reading Stalker zoomed in on Japanese idol’s eyes to find out where she lived
Girlfriend found it, girlfriend popped it onto a city bus, gadget got found, multiyear investigation got launched, 20 got indicted. Continue reading GPS tracker from stalked woman’s car led to indictment of 20 mobsters
The Electronic Freedom Foundation (EFF) is stepping up its fight against Stalkerware. It’s asking for help from AV vendors, phone platform makers, and law enforcement. It’s time to put an end to it.
The post Stalkerware? Spouseware? Creepware? Just Ca… Continue reading Stalkerware? Spouseware? Creepware? Just Call It Horrific
In several cases, a stalker impersonated a US Marshal and reported a fake kidnapping in order to get telecom companies to give them real-time cell phone location data. Continue reading Stalkers and Debt Collectors Impersonate Cops to Trick Big Telecom Into Giving Them Cell Phone Location Data
How would *you* track someone who owed you money? What was the colossal flaw Facebook left on its website for anyone to exploit and hijack accounts? And what excuse are insurance companies giving for not paying victims of the NotPetya malware millions … Continue reading Smashing Security #116: Stalking debtors, Facebook farce, and a cyber insurance snag
T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T are selling access to their customers’ location data, and that data is ending up in the hands of bounty hunters and others not authorized to possess it, letting them track most phones in the country. Continue reading I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300. Then He Located Our Phone
This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for October 29th 2018 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Spy apps and Stalkerware with special guest Jeff Tang. Silent Pocket is a proud sponsor of the Shared Security Podcast! Silent Pock… Continue reading Spy Apps and Stalkerware with Special Guest Jeff Tang – WB40
Richard Gregory Bauer allegedly weaseled private information out of the women on Facebook by pretending to be working on a class project. Continue reading Former NASA contractor arrested on charges of sextorting seven women
Good news for stalkers! Bad news for privacy. Twitter is working on a feature which will reveal when a user is currently online.
Continue reading Twitter testing new feature that reveals when you’re online