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Amazon already makes ereaders, smart speakers and tablets, and now it makes fitness trackers too. The Halo is a new wearable that straps to your wrist and feeds data on your activities and sleep patterns back to an accompanying mobile app.Continue Read… Continue reading Amazon stretches into fitness trackers and wellness with the Halo
By Deeba Ahmed
Apple’s new anti-tracking tools on iOS 14 will render Facebook’s Audience Network ineffective.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: No more targeted ads on iPhone after new iOS 14 update – Facebook
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Whatever happened to Crackas with Attitude, perfidious Albion College’s approach to locking down Coronavirus, and the Bridgefy mesh messaging app falls down when it comes to security.
All this and much much more is discussed in the latest edition of… Continue reading Smashing Security podcast #193: Hacking the CIA, Bridgefy, and college lockdowns
Asset tracking is one of the highest growth application segments for the Internet of Things (IoT). According to a report by ABI Research, asset tracking device shipments will see a 51% year-on-year device shipment growth rate through 2024. Expanding LP… Continue reading The evolution of IoT asset tracking devices
While I understand their function, both IMSI and IMEI makes tracking and surveillance possible by virtue of being persistent idenfitiers for SIM and handset, respectively.
Why aren’t these replaced with a more secure scheme, maybe somethin… Continue reading Why are IMSI and IMEI still used?
By Zara Khan
AUS government contractor ‘Anomaly Six’ has location tracking software hidden in more than 500 mobile apps.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: US firm accused of secretly installing location tracking SDK in mobile apps
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The NSA has issued an advisory on the risks of location data. Mitigations reduce, but do not eliminate, location tracking risks in mobile devices. Most users rely on features disabled by such mitigations, making such safeguards impractical. Users shoul… Continue reading The NSA on the Risks of Exposing Location Data
The NSA has issued an advisory on the risks of location data. Mitigations reduce, but do not eliminate, location tracking risks in mobile devices. Most users rely on features disabled by such mitigations, making such safeguards impractical. Users should be aware of these risks and take action based on their specific situation and risk tolerance. When location exposure could be… Continue reading The NSA on the Risks of Exposing Location Data
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Most of us understand that cellphone towers are constantly listening for cellphone broadcasts and we also know that triangulation is possible (even retro-actively, as connection records are permanent) by basically using the different s… Continue reading Can cellphone towers triangulation work in 3D or is it 2D only (e.g. longitude/latitude)
I do a distance education program in Australia. My distance ed school sends out laptops to all students on loan until they leave school/the program. The laptop is specifically a Lenovo Thinkpad Yoga 11e (5th Gen) if that makes a difference… Continue reading Can my school track my laptop?