FCC: ‘One or more’ phone carriers illegally shared customer location data
Customers’ real-time location made its way into the hands of bounty hunters and stalkers.
On Jan 31, 2020 by Mikael Thalen
Google Maps Incognito Mode is here and this is how to turn it on
Here’s what Incognito Mode can and can’t do in Google Maps.
On Oct 4, 2019 by Mikael Thalen
These dating apps were found to be leaking users’ exact locations
Security firm says as many as 10 million users of Grindr, Romeo, Recon, and 3fun were at risk.
On Aug 13, 2019 by Mikael Thalen
Startup secretly collected millions of Instagram users’ location data, stories
The marketing firm is said to have gathered information on 1 million users each month.
On Aug 8, 2019 by Mikael Thalen
RIP to the Twitter geotagging feature that no one actually used
You can still add precise locations to pictures through Twitter’s camera.
On Jun 19, 2019 by Mikael Thalen
Twitter bug shared some user’s location data without their consent
Users running multiple accounts on iOS could have unknowingly given up data.
On May 13, 2019 by Mikael Thalen
Secretive company sold cellphone location data to hundreds of bounty hunters
Just one company gave 250 bounty hunters access to AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint customer data.
On Feb 7, 2019 by Mikael Thalen
Federal appeals court says Fourth Amendment doesn’t protect phone location data
This is the fourth appeals court to rule this way.
On May 31, 2016 by Eric Geller
Android has a phone-tracking feature, too, but most people don’t know about it
Android users, don’t be jealous of iOS’s ‘Find My iPhone’ feature any longer.
On Apr 20, 2016 by AJ Dellinger
Spotify didn’t mean to creep you out; it’s not like that
Opt in. All in.
On Aug 21, 2015 by Taylor Hatmaker
Harvard student loses Facebook internship after exposing privacy flaw
Aran Khanna’s app told you exactly where your Facebook friends were messaging from.
On Aug 13, 2015 by Dylan Love
Location sharing in Facebook Messenger just got easier
You can now share any location from anywhere.
On Jun 4, 2015 by Selena Larson
Facebook Messenger gathers more data than you might think
It’s stalking we all opt into, but we can stop it.
On May 28, 2015 by AJ Dellinger
The next version of iOS might ship with Apple’s answer to Google Now
Watch your back, Google Now. Siri is right behind you.
Police in 3 states can now get your phone location records without a warrant
Is this the beginning of a Supreme Court battle?
On May 6, 2015 by Eric Geller
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