Collaborate Disseminate
By Waqas
Waze app has more than 130 million active monthly users globally and that makes it a lucrative target for hackers. Here’s what happened.
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The company already patched an API flaw that allowed a security researcher to use the app to find the real identity of drivers using it. Continue reading Google’s Waze Can Allow Hackers to Identify and Track Users
Castbox announced today that it now integrates with Waze so that users listen to their favorite podcasts while navigating.
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Google announced this morning that it is making the Google Assistant available in Waze, its other navigation app.
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Waze users are helping intoxicated drivers to evade checkpoints and could thus be “engaging in criminal conduct,” say police. Continue reading Police demands Waze stop pinpointing their checkpoints
A project that started under Obama gained new life under President Trump. Continue reading ‘Raid Alerts’ Wants to Warn Undocumented Immigrants With an App
Uber and Waze are following an example that was originally set by the surveillance industry. Continue reading Local Governments Are Letting Silicon Valley Skirt Public Disclosure Laws
Residents on a formerly quiet street tried reporting bogus blockades, but it hasn’t worked to stem the crowdsourced traffic tide. Continue reading Waze to go: residents fight off crowdsourced traffic… for a while
Researchers have found a way of tracking users of the Waze community-based traffic and navigation app.
David Bisson reports.
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