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Location Tracking App for Foreigners in Moscow

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geolocation, russia, Security technology, smartphones, tracking, Uncategorized

Russia is proposing a rule that all foreigners in Moscow install a tracking app on their phones. Using a mobile application that all foreigners will have to install on their smartphones, the Russian state will receive the following information: Residence location Fingerprint Face photograph Real-time geo-location monitoring This isn’t the first time we’ve seen this. … Read More “Location Tracking App for Foreigners in Moscow” »

Privacy Implications of Tracking Wireless Access Points

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academic papers, geolocation, privacy, Security technology, Uncategorized, Wi-Fi

Brian Krebs reports on research into geolocating routers: Apple and the satellite-based broadband service Starlink each recently took steps to address new research into the potential security and privacy implications of how their services geolocate devices. Researchers from the University of Maryland say they relied on publicly available data from Apple to track the location … Read More “Privacy Implications of Tracking Wireless Access Points” »

Surveillance by the New Microsoft Outlook App

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data collection, geolocation, microsoft, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

The ProtonMail people are accusing Microsoft’s new Outlook for Windows app of conducting extensive surveillance on its users. It shares data with advertisers, a lot of data: The window informs users that Microsoft and those 801 third parties use their data for a number of purposes, including to: Store and/or access information on the user’s … Read More “Surveillance by the New Microsoft Outlook App” »

AI Is Scarily Good at Guessing the Location of Random Photos

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artificial intelligence, data privacy, geolocation, privacy, Security technology, Uncategorized

Wow: To test PIGEON’s performance, I gave it five personal photos from a trip I took across America years ago, none of which have been published online. Some photos were snapped in cities, but a few were taken in places nowhere near roads or other easily recognizable landmarks. That didn’t seem to matter much. It … Read More “AI Is Scarily Good at Guessing the Location of Random Photos” »

French Police Will Be Able to Spy on People through Their Cell Phones

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cell phones, france, geolocation, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized

The French police are getting new surveillance powers: French police should be able to spy on suspects by remotely activating the camera, microphone and GPS of their phones and other devices, lawmakers agreed late on Wednesday, July 5. […] Covering laptops, cars and other connected objects as well as phones, the measure would allow the … Read More “French Police Will Be Able to Spy on People through Their Cell Phones” »

Identifying People Using Cell Phone Location Data

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cell phones, geolocation, law enforcement, Security technology, tracking, Uncategorized

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 … Read More “Identifying People Using Cell Phone Location Data” »

Differences in App Security/Privacy Based on Country

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academic papers, android, censorship, data collection, geolocation, privacy, Security technology, Uncategorized

Depending on where you are when you download your Android apps, it might collect more or less data about you. The apps we downloaded from Google Play also showed differences based on country in their security and privacy capabilities. One hundred twenty-seven apps varied in what the apps were allowed to access on users’ mobile … Read More “Differences in App Security/Privacy Based on Country” »

Stalking with an Apple Watch

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apple, geolocation, Security technology, stalking, surveillance, tracking, Uncategorized

The malicious uses of these technologies are scary: Police reportedly arrived on the scene last week and found the man crouched beside the woman’s passenger side door. According to the police, the man had, at some point, wrapped his Apple Watch across the spokes of the woman’s passenger side front car wheel and then used … Read More “Stalking with an Apple Watch” »