Collaborate Disseminate
Assume I download a zip archive containing flac files from bandcamp while logged in.
Is it reasonable to assume that the files are "tagged" and that they can be traced back to my profile?
Continue reading Is Bandcamp tagging the downloaded file? [closed]
This development suprises no one who has been paying attention:
Researchers now believe AirTags, which are equipped with Bluetooth technology, could be revealing a more widespread problem of tech-enabled tracking. They emit a digital signal that can be detected by devices running Apple’s mobile operating system. Those devices then report where an AirTag has last been seen. Unlike similar tracking products from competitors such as Tile, Apple added features to prevent abuse, including notifications like the one Ms. Estrada received and automatic beeping. (Tile plans to release …
Continue reading Apple AirTags Are Being Used to Track People and Cars
In 2017, the FDA approved a pill with a digital sensor that can transmit information accessible by a web portal.
If a patient takes such a pill, can it be used by hackers to track the location of this patient?
Continue reading Can a pill be used to track a person’s location?
It’s been another bumper year for smartwatches, with manufacturers improving the technology that drives them while cramming in more features and better sensors. Here’s our pick of the best smartwatches of 2021.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, Techn… Continue reading The best smartwatches of 2021
From Ontario and not surprising:
Since September 2021, officers have investigated five incidents where suspects have placed small tracking devices on high-end vehicles so they can later locate and steal them. Brand name “air tags” are placed in out-of-sight areas of the target vehicles when they are parked in public places like malls or parking lots. Thieves then track the targeted vehicles to the victim’s residence, where they are stolen from the driveway.
Thieves typically use tools like screwdrivers to enter the vehicles through the driver or passenger door, while ensuring not to set off alarms. Once inside, an electronic device, typically used by mechanics to reprogram the factory setting, is connected to the onboard diagnostics port below the dashboard and programs the vehicle to accept a key the thieves have brought with them. Once the new key is programmed, the vehicle will start and the thieves drive it away…
You’ve no doubt heard about the horrors of lost commercial fishing nets, which drift through the ocean catching and killing a multitude of sea creatures. Well, the Farallon Buoy is designed to help, by allowing fishers to track the whereabouts of those… Continue reading “Smart” Farallon Buoy helps commercial fishers recover lost nets
The first results have been revealed from a massive study testing a new algorithm designed to detect irregular heart rhythms using data from smartwatches and fitness trackers. Enrolling nearly half a million subjects, the study successfully detected un… Continue reading Fitness tracker algorithm catches 98% of irregular heart rhythm episodes
Apple’s “Protect Mail Activity” is a handy privacy enhancement for your messaging habits. As long as you know its limitations… Continue reading Apple’s Mail Privacy Protection feature – watch out if you have a Watch!
Since SVG files can have JavaScript, which would get executed is it a potential threat for malware, tracking scripts and similar stuff?
Continue reading Can SVG be a potential threat for tracking scripts and similar?
Pretty much everyone has had the experience of finding forgotten food in the fridge that spoiled before any of it was eaten. The Nudge Tag system is designed to keep that from happening, via color-changing electronic dongles.Continue ReadingCategory: A… Continue reading Nudge electronic tag tech designed to reduce food wastage