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Verizon to Stop Sharing Customer Location Data With Third Parties

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In the wake of a scandal involving third-party companies leaking or selling precise, real-time location data on virtually all Americans who own a mobile phone, the four major wireless carriers have responded to requests from a U.S. senator for more details about how the carriers are managing access to this extremely sensitive information. While three out of four providers said they had cancelled data sharing agreements with some of the offending companies, only one — Verizon — pledged to terminate all of them and initiate a wholesale review of their location data-sharing practices. Continue reading Verizon to Stop Sharing Customer Location Data With Third Parties→

Verizon Says It Will Stop Selling US Phone Data That Ended Up in Hands of Cops

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Verizon and other telcos have been selling phone location data to companies catering to marketers and low level law enforcement. Now, Verizon says it is cutting ties with certain firms that abused that data access. Continue reading Verizon Says It Will Stop Selling US Phone Data That Ended Up in Hands of Cops→

Why Is Your Location Data No Longer Private?

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The past month has seen one blockbuster revelation after another about how our mobile phone and broadband providers have been leaking highly sensitive customer information, including real-time location data and customer account details. In the wake of … Continue reading Why Is Your Location Data No Longer Private?→

Mobile Giants: Please Don’t Share the Where

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Your mobile phone is giving away your approximate location all day long. This isn’t exactly a secret: It has to share this data with your mobile provider constantly to provide better call quality and to route any emergency 911 calls straight to your lo… Continue reading Mobile Giants: Please Don’t Share the Where→

Tracking Firm LocationSmart Leaked Location Data for Customers of All Major U.S. Mobile Carriers in Real Time Via Its Web Site

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LocationSmart, a U.S. based company that acts as an aggregator of real-time data about the precise location of mobile phone devices, has been leaking this information to anyone via a buggy component of its Web site — without the need for any password or other form of authentication or authorization — KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The company took the vulnerable service offline early this afternoon after being contacted by KrebsOnSecurity, which verified that it could be used to reveal the location of any AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile or Verizon phone in the United States to an accuracy of within a few hundred yards. Continue reading Tracking Firm LocationSmart Leaked Location Data for Customers of All Major U.S. Mobile Carriers in Real Time Via Its Web Site→

Think You’ve Got Your Credit Freezes Covered? Think Again.

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I spent a few days last week speaking at and attending a conference on responding to identity theft. The forum was held in Florida, one of the major epicenters for identity fraud complaints in United States. One gripe I heard from several presenters was that identity thieves increasingly are finding ways to open new lines of credit for things like mobile phones on people who have already frozen their credit files with the big-three credit bureaus. Here’s a look at what may be going on, and how you can protect yourself. Continue reading Think You’ve Got Your Credit Freezes Covered? Think Again.→

What Businesses Can Learn from Verizon’s Annual Data Breach Investigations Report

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By Mandy Pattenden, Marketing Communications Director Data breaches, privacy and security concerns are dominating the headlines this…
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Verizon Report Finds More Cybersecurity Gains Than Losses

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The annual Data Breach Investigations Report from Verizon usually provides cybersecurity professionals with some cold comfort. This year’s report covering 53,000 security incidents, including 2,216 confirmed data breaches, is no exception. Highl… Continue reading Verizon Report Finds More Cybersecurity Gains Than Losses→