Browsing: location data
Apple’s new iPhone and iPad security feature restricts mobile networks from collecting accurate location data
A new security feature rolling out to select models of the latest iPhones and iPads this week will make it harder for law enforcement, spies and…
Journalists in Europe found it was “easy” to spy on top European Union officials using commercially downloaded location histories sold by data brokers, despite the continent…
Angelsense, an auxiliary technology company that provides location monitoring devices for people with disabilities, diffuses personal information and exact location data of its users on the…
FTC bars X-Mode from selling phone location data and orders company to delete data collected
The US Federal Trade Commission has banned data broker X-Mode Social from sharing or selling users’ sensitive location data, the federal regulator said Tuesday. The first…
A geo-protection warrant typo dropped a location dragnet that stretches two miles over San Francisco
Defenders of civil liberties have long argued that “geographical attack” search warrants are unconstitutional because of their ability to ensnare completely innocent people who were nearby…
It’s the season to go a little overboard with the gift. But this year, give the gift of good security (and privacy) and avoid technology that…