GPS
COVID-19 Contact Tracing: Your Privacy for Your Health?
We continually hear of the need for COVID-19 contact tracing. But what exactly is contact tracing? The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published guidance on contact tracing during the 2006 Ebola ...
US Wireless Carriers Shared Customer Location Data with Third Parties
The Federal Communications Commission found that one or more wireless carriers in the United States sold location data regarding its consumers to third parties, in apparent violation of federal law. After a ...
Shady Tracking Firms Are Selling Your GPS Location History
In a worrying report, the Gray Lady is waking up Americans to the silent world of smartphone location tracking and brokerage ...
Strong Authentication is Good, Unless …
… it results in your being arrested! In her September 28, 2019 article, “Army communication head at Mar-a-Lago sentenced for lying,” Jane Musgrave describes how an army officer in charge of communications ...
Security Flaws in Children’s Smart Watches
A year ago, the Norwegian Consumer Council published an excellent security analysis of children's GPS-connected smart watches. The security was terrible. Not only could parents track the children, anyone else could also ...
Spy Apps and Stalkerware with Special Guest Jeff Tang – WB40
This is your Shared Security Weekly Blaze for October 29th 2018 with your host, Tom Eston. In this week’s episode: Spy apps and Stalkerware with special guest Jeff Tang. Silent Pocket is ...
Privacy Protect: Geofencing, a privacy issue or blessing?
With location based services winning quickly in popularity, we have to consider the possible privacy issues it might cause. Since a few years geofencing is being used more often to actually protect ...
Some more Satellite Risks
Back in 2009 I posted on the risk of GPS satellite positioning system degrading over the next few years, both in terms of coverage and accuracy, due a decrease in the number ...
