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What is a VPN? How does a VPN work to protect my online privacy? Can I be tracked if I use a VPN?
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Apple Mail now blocks email trackers by default.
Most email newsletters you get include an invisible “image,” typically a single white pixel, with a unique file name. The server keeps track of every time this “image” is opened and by which IP address. This quirk of internet history means that marketers can track exactly when you open an email and your IP address, which can be used to roughly work out your location.
So, how does Apple Mail stop this? By caching. Apple Mail downloads all images for all emails before you open them. Practically speaking, that means every message downloaded to Apple Mail is marked “read,” regardless of whether you open it. Apples also routes the download through two different proxies, meaning your precise location also can’t be tracked…
With the launch of the Pacer Pro, Polar is aiming to give dedicated runners all the tech needed to plan, track and analyze their training sessions or races in a lightweight, wrist-worn package that benefits from powerful processing and long battery lif… Continue reading Polar targets serious runners with Pacer Pro smartwatch
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized a new Fitbit feature designed to continuously monitor a wearer’s heart rhythms for signs of atrial fibrillation. The roll-out is based on a massive study that last year reported the Fitbit algo… Continue reading FDA approves new Fitbit continuous heart rate monitoring algorithm
Ever since Apple introduced AirTags, security people have warned that they could be used for stalking. But while there have been a bunch of anecdotal stories, this is the first vaguely scientific survey:
Motherboard requested records mentioning AirTags in a recent eight month period from dozens of the country’s largest police departments. We obtained records from eight police departments.
Of the 150 total police reports mentioning AirTags, in 50 cases women called the police because they started getting notifications that their whereabouts were being tracked by an AirTag they didn’t own. Of those, 25 could identify a man in their lives — ex-partners, husbands, bosses — who they strongly suspected planted the AirTags on their cars in order to follow and harass them. Those women reported that current and former intimate partners — the …
Continue reading AirTags Are Used for Stalking Far More than Previously Reported
Scientists who work with animals love to track their movements. This can provide interesting insights on everything from mating behaviour, food sources, and even the way animals behave socially – …read more Continue reading Magpies Help Each Other Escape Tracking Devices With This One Weird Trick
The malicious uses of these technologies are scary:
Police reportedly arrived on the scene last week and found the man crouched beside the woman’s passenger side door. According to the police, the man had, at some point, wrapped his Apple Watch across the spokes of the woman’s passenger side front car wheel and then used the Watch to track her movements. When police eventually confronted him, he admitted the Watch was his. Now, he’s reportedly being charged with attaching an electronic tracking device to the woman’s vehicle.
Keeping tabs on the night sky is an enjoyable way to stay connected to the stars, and astronomy can be accessible to most people with a low entry point for …read more Continue reading Keep Tabs on Asteroids With Asteroid Atlas
From this article, research company Roy Morgan claims
Data from devices such as mobile phones found in the area on the day was compiled into a heat map to determine where protesters had come from and what type of Australians they were.
A few days ago I noticed my Android phone started switching Bluetooth on automatically in the background. When this happens the Bluetooth device name appears as a strange string instead of the default name I had before:
This string change… Continue reading Android: suspected bluetooth tracking malware [closed]