Collaborate Disseminate
Let’s say I buy a second-hand USB dongle and put in a pre-paid and unregistered data SIM card. At the time of the purchase of both items, my face was covered, I paid cash and I live 500 miles from the purchase location.
I st… Continue reading Is a USB dongle with an active 3/4G data SIM trackable?
Free Wi-Fi hotspots can track your location, even if you don’t connect to them. This is because your phone or computer broadcasts a unique MAC address. What distinguishes location-based marketing hotspot providers like Zenreach and Euclid is that the p… Continue reading Wi-Fi Hotspot Tracking
Free Wi-Fi hotspots can track your location, even if you don’t connect to them. This is because your phone or computer broadcasts a unique MAC address. What distinguishes location-based marketing hotspot providers like Zenreach and Euclid is that the personal information you enter in the captive portal — like your email address, phone number, or social media profile — can… Continue reading Wi-Fi Hotspot Tracking
Long Twitter thread about the tracking embedded in modern digital televisions. The thread references three academic papers…. Continue reading Tracking by Smart TVs
In other words, it is a document that maps and traces user requirement
with test cases. The main purpose of Requirement Traceability Matrix
is to see that all test cases are covered so that no functionality
should mi… Continue reading What is a "traceability matrix" and "requirement traceability matrix"? [on hold]
This article discusses an e-commerce fraud technique in the UK. Because the Royal Mail only tracks packages to the postcode — and not to the address – it’s possible to commit a variety of different frauds. Tracking systems that rely on signature are not similarly vulnerable…. Continue reading Ineffective Package Tracking Facilitates Fraud
My question is about the use of ultrasonic messages that are part of the modern advertising ecosystem and are also used by the Google Nearby Messages API.
When it comes to advertising, the type of ultrasonic messages that I am referring t… Continue reading How could I block or at least detect the use of ultrasonic side channels or Google Nearby Messages API on my smartphone?
Yahoo News reported that the Russians have successfully targeted an FBI communications system: American officials discovered that the Russians had dramatically improved their ability to decrypt certain types of secure communications and had successfully tracked devices used by elite FBI surveillance teams. Officials also feared that the Russians may have devised other ways to monitor U.S. intelligence communications, including hacking… Continue reading Russians Hack FBI Comms System
“Smart” devices might be handy and offer higher quality services, but users should be aware that everything comes with a price. And we’re not talking here about the price of the actual device, but of the fact that these devices collec… Continue reading Should you trust your smart TV or streaming device?
The OS updates may not reflect your Facebook app setting, but Facebook says it will respect whatever users’ most restrictive settings are. Continue reading Facebook says location data in iOS 13, Android 10 may be confusing