One such use would be to pre-stuff our devices with ads and other content before we wander into a Wi-Fi dead zone.
Tag Archives: location data
Phones are selling location data from “trusted” apps
Data brokers are tracking 200 million mobile devices in the US, updating locations up to 14,000 times a day, the New York Times has found.
Years on, third party apps still exposing Grindr users’ locations
A third party app can use Grindr’s distance data to pinpoint a users location down to a room within a house.
Google is tracking your location, even when the setting is turned off
Shock! It appears Google can track the location of anyone using some of its apps on Android or iPhone even when they’ve told it not to.
Siri is listening to you, but she’s NOT spying, says Apple
Apple’s working to keep iPhones from eavesdropping on us, through privacy policies, short buffer windows, local storage, and app review.
Apple and Google questioned by Congress over user tracking
Inquiring lawmakers’ minds want to know, for one thing, whether our mobile phones are actually listening to our conversations.
US authorities now need warrant for your cellphone location data
Privacy activists scored a legal victory this week after the Supreme Court ruled it unlawful for law enforcement and federal agencies to access cellphone location records without a warrant.
Real-time cellphone location data leaked for all major US carriers
From the carriers to LocationSmart to 3Cinteractive to Securus: there appears to be a chain pockmarked with lack of authentication and data lost to hackers.
Prison phone service can expose the location of anyone with a phone
The system requires that you have legal authority to use it, but doesn’t check
Apple boots out apps that abuse location data collection
GDPR is coming and Apple’s spring cleaning the App Store