Collaborate Disseminate
Note: I’m talking about Amplitude because it’s what I use, but it’s probably the same with any stats tool.
Amplitude, because of its very nature, is insufficiently secured.
Stats are the value you get out of Amplitude.
A user makes an acti… Continue reading how can I ensure that the stats are the result of human action and not automation? [closed]
In the last few decades, building engineers and architects have made tremendous strides in improving the efficiency of various buildings and the devices that keep them safe and comfortable to …read more Continue reading Smart Occupancy Sensor Knows All
Zepp Health-owned budget-friendly wearable brand Amazfit has launched a thin and light round smartwatch with a 14-day battery, the ability to tap into five satellite systems, more than 120 sports modes, and a bunch of health tracking features.Continue … Continue reading Amazfit launches slim, lightweight smartwatch with 14-day battery
Researchers in the US have developed a platform that allows wireless ingestible devices to be tracked in 3D as they travels through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract, which may provide a cheaper, less invasive way of investigating, diagnosing and treatin… Continue reading New system is like 3D GPS for tracking pill cams through the GI tract
The majority of shark species are threatened with extinction, so it’s crucial to protect the “pupping” areas where females give birth to live young. A new satellite-linked device, known as the BAT, lets scientists know the locations of those areas.Cont… Continue reading Device uses a BAT signal to show where sharks are giving birth
Tile has an interesting security solution to make its tracking tags harder to use for stalking:
The Anti-Theft Mode feature will make the devices invisible to Scan and Secure, the company’s in-app feature that lets you know if any nearby Tiles are following you. But to activate the new Anti-Theft Mode, the Tile owner will have to verify their real identity with a government-issued ID, submit a biometric scan that helps root out fake IDs, agree to let Tile share their information with law enforcement and agree to be subject to a $1 million penalty if convicted in a court of law of using Tile for criminal activity. So although it technically makes the device easier for stalkers to use Tiles silently, it makes the penalty of doing so high enough to (at least in theory) deter them from trying…
In case you thought that cameras, LiDAR, infrared sensors, and the like weren’t enough for Big Brother to track you, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University have found a way to …read more Continue reading Tracking Humans with WiFi
TLDR
A website blocked me after having send too many requests. The requests came from a script with a fixed user-agent. The same website couldn’t be reached anymore in a browser (403 Forbidden). I tried different browsers. I have used a VP… Continue reading Tracking in a Browser [closed]
The two people who shut down four Washington power stations in December were arrested. This is the interesting part:
Investigators identified Greenwood and Crahan almost immediately after the attacks took place by using cell phone data that allegedly showed both men in the vicinity of all four substations, according to court documents.
Nowadays, it seems like an obvious thing to do—although the search is probably unconstitutional. But way back in 2012, the Canadian CSEC—that’s their NSA—did some top-secret work on this kind of thing. The document is part of the Snowden archive, and I …
Continue reading Identifying People Using Cell Phone Location Data
In order to better understand how mosquitoes spread diseases such as malaria, it’s important to know how far they range within a given region. A new technique could help scientists do so, and it involves feeding the insects DNA.Continue ReadingCategory… Continue reading Mosquitoes could be tracked via synthetic DNA – which was fed to them