This week on the Lock and Code podcast, we speak with Tim Shott about his attempt to find his location data following a major data breach.
Tag: location
AI tool GeoSpy analyzes images and identifies locations in seconds
Forget OSINT, AI-supported tool GeoSpy can determine a person’s location based on their surroundings in a picture.
Data brokers should stop trading health and location data, new bill proposes
Senators introduced a bill to stop data brokers from trading in health and location data and enable the FTC to enforce the new rules
Why car location tracking needs an overhaul
Refuge robbed: Car location tracking is becoming a tool of control in situations of domestic abuse. It’s time car companies responded.
Should you share your location with your partner?
Location sharing is popular among couples. But is it something you want in your own relationship?
Google failing to scrub abortion access in location history, study claims
A nonprofit study claims that Google is failing to delete location history that reveals users’ physical trips to abortion clinics.
Proposed Massachusetts law to ban sale of your mobile location data
Cellular location phone data may be banned from sale in the state of Massachusetts, under a proposed law set to ruffle…
Strava heatmap loophole may reveal users’ home addresses
Researchers at NC State University have outlined potential privacy issues with popular fitness app Strava which could lead to users’ homes…
Google to pay $40m for “deceptive and unfair” location tracking practices
Google is going to pay $39.9 million to Washington State to put to rest a lawsuit about its location tracking practices which…
3 reasons to use a VPN
There are many good reasons to use a Virtual Private Network (VPN), even if you are just casually scrolling. Privacy is…