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Why car location tracking needs an overhaul

May 13, 2024 0 Comments car, car location tracking, car tracking, gps, gps location, location, location data, Location history, location tracking, Privacy

Refuge robbed: Car location tracking is becoming a tool of control in situations of domestic abuse. It’s time car companies responded.

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Google failing to scrub abortion access in location history, study claims

January 20, 2024 0 Comments abortion, accountable tech, dobbs, dobbs v. jackson women's health organization, facebook, Google, location, location data, Location history, lock and code, news, Podcast, Privacy, roe v. wade, supreme court, us supreme court

A nonprofit study claims that Google is failing to delete location history that reveals users’ physical trips to abortion clinics.

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Police get “unprecedented” data haul from Google with geofence warrants

December 16, 2019 0 Comments Android, arson, atf, bureau of alcohol, dragnet, firearms and explosives, geofence, geofencing, Google, Law & order, location data, Location history, Mobile, Privacy, reverse location search, sensorvault, tobacco, warrant

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 11:14:20 +0000

Investigators are using geofence warrants to get anybody and everybody who’s near a crime at a given time.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/uI3cDCVNbEk” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Why all organizations must better protect sensitive data

October 17, 2019 0 Comments Business, cybersecurity, cybersecurity awareness, data security, device security, domestic abuse, domestic abuse survivor, domestic abuse survivors, domestic violence, end-to-end encryption, gps, Location history, location tracking, national cybersecurity awareness month, national domestic violence awareness month, National Network to End Domestic Violence, nnedv, passcode, password manager, remote wiping, secure messaging, single sign-on, sso, Stalkerware

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 17:30:04 +0000

The truth is that companies, businesses, and organizations have an obligation to the data that belongs to their employees, users, and customers. For some organizations, that obligation is a matter of real, physical safety.

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Google brings Incognito mode to Maps

October 4, 2019 0 Comments Google, google maps, incognito, location data, Location history, location tracking, online privacy, Privacy

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2019 10:14:21 +0000

It’s good, but also a perfect opportunity for us to remember that Incognito mode doesn’t translate to “I’m invisible!”<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/KkXzlbi_Sso” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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FBI asks Google for help finding criminals

September 3, 2019 0 Comments Android, bank robbery, Google, Law & order, location data, Location history, location tracking, Mobile, Privacy, search warrant

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 10:39:18 +0000

FBI agents issued Google with a warrant in November 2018, seeking its help with a bank robbery the month before.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/jfyUzpPb6Ww” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>