In November, the company Strava released an anonymous data-visualization map showing all the fitness activity by everyone using the app.
Over this weekend, someone realized that it could be used to locate secret military bases: just look for repeated fitness activity in the middle of nowhere.
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January 29, 2018 datacollection, geolocation, military, secrecy, Security technology Read more >
The Norwegian Consumer Council has published a report detailing a series of security and privacy flaws in smart watches marketed to children.
This is the same group that found all those security and privacy vulnerabilities in smart dolls.
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October 19, 2017 children, generations, geolocation, internetofthings, privacy, Security technology, vulnerabilities Read more >
Crowdstrike has an interesting blog post about how the Russian military is tracking Ukrainian field artillery units by compromising soldiers’ smartphones and tracking them.
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December 23, 2016 cellphones, geolocation, malware, military, Security technology Read more >