Google Pays $1.375b in Texas Privacy Settlement about Data Tracking and Face Scans
#Google #DataPrivacy #Texas #Privacy #Settlement #BigTech #TechLaw #KenPaxton #LocationTracking #Alphabet
#LocationTracking
Google's Find My Device Network Edges Closer to UWB Precision Tracking
#Google #Android #FindMyDevice #UWB #UltraWideband #AirTag #LocationTracking #BluetoothTracker #TechNews #MobileTech #Pebblebee #Chipolo #MotoTag
TechCrunch: The latest viral ChatGPT trend is doing ‘reverse location search’ from photos . “This week, OpenAI released its newest AI models, o3 and o4-mini, both of which can uniquely ‘reason’ through uploaded images. … These image-analyzing capabilities, paired with the models’ ability to search the web, make for a potent location-finding tool. Users on X quickly discovered that o3, […]
404 Media: Judge Rules Blanket Search of Cell Tower Data Unconstitutional. “A judge in Nevada has ruled that ‘tower dumps’—the law enforcement practice of grabbing vast troves of private personal data from cell towers—is unconstitutional. The judge also ruled that the cops could, this one time, still use the evidence they obtained through this unconstitutional search.”
New Tool Exposes How Ads in Apps Use Network Data Tracking to Trace Your Location
#MobilePrivacy #AppSec #DataPrivacy #AdTech #Privacy #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #LocationTracking #DataBroker #Surveillance #Android #iOS #PrivacyTools #SecurityResearch
Techdirt: Whoops: T-Mobile Reveals Names, Real-Time Locations Of Customers’ Kids. “T-Mobile sells a GPS service called SyncUP that lets parents monitor the locations of their children (one of several similar apps like Life360), then turns around and monetizes these vast troves of data. Except that 404 Media was the first to report that an apparent bug with T-Mobile’s service resulted in […]
"Your location data isn't just a pin on a map—it's a powerful tool that reveals far more than most people realize. It can expose where you work, where you pray, who you spend time with, and, sometimes dangerously, where you seek healthcare. In today’s world, your most private movements are harvested, aggregated, and sold to anyone with a credit card. For those seeking reproductive or gender-affirming care, or visiting a protest or a immigration law clinic, this data is a ticking time bomb.
Last year, we sounded the alarm, urging lawmakers to protect individuals from the growing threats of location tracking tools—tools that are increasingly being used to target and criminalize people seeking essential reproductive healthcare.
The good news? Lawmakers in California, Massachusetts, Illinois and elsewhere are stepping up, leading the way to protect privacy and ensure that healthcare access and other exercise of our rights remain safe from invasive surveillance."
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/privacy-map-how-states-are-fighting-location-surveillance
🚀 Geofency 9.3 is here!
• Edit POIs manually 🔧
• New language support: Dutch & Polish 🌍
• Smarter POI handling + clearer monument icons 🗿
Update now and make your location tracking even better!
#iOS #Geofency #Update #Productivity #LocationTracking http://itunes.apple.com/app/id615538630
Oh joy, another thrilling installment of "Let's All Be Terrified By Location Tracking"—because clearly, the first one wasn't anxiety-inducing enough. 😱🔍 This time, our intrepid hero invites us all to become amateur spies by conducting a DIY location data experiment, because who needs privacy when you can panic together? 🙄✨
https://timsh.org/everyone-knows-your-location-part-2-try-it-yourself/ #LocationTracking #PrivacyConcerns #DIYExperiment #AmateurSpies #DataAnxiety #HackerNews #ngated
Think your devices are private? Think again. In this episode, we explore the often-overlooked dangers of Wi-Fi tracking and how your phone or laptop could be silently sharing your location.
#WiFiTracking #CyberPrivacy #LocationTracking #DigitalSecurity #PrivacyMatters #TechAwareness #CyberSafety #PodcastAlert
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5LeNn2Wy4RqN1twjCmJnEg?si=CvgzlQzARASIq91XCAcnaw
This week in the Weekly News Roundup, a location service went rouge, phones come with pre-installed malware, and AI is scraping through bandwidth. Also, Garmin unleashes a new subscription model for watches, then we visit SillyVille.
#weeklynewsroundup #locationtracking #subscriptions
8:00p EST
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https://switchedtolinux.com/news/a-warning-about-location-services
Search Engine Land: How geotagging photos affects Google Business Profile rank: Study. “How does adding coordinates to the EXIF data affect local rank? Our team wanted to find out. That’s why we recently conducted a 10-week study on the effects of geotagging for local rank.”
The Verge: Google confirms it deleted Maps Timeline data for some. “Google Maps users have recently been complaining on places like Reddit that their Timeline data — the app’s historical record of where they’ve been — had disappeared. Now, Google has confirmed that it accidentally deleted the data and that anyone who wasn’t using Google’s cloud backups is out of luck.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2025/03/24/the-verge-google-confirms-it-deleted-maps-timeline-data-for-some/
Is there anything like #chipolo or #pebblebee for #locationtracking that is not tied in to 🍎 or 🔤?
#privacy #locationtracking #этаСтрана
Минцифры потратит почти 6 миллиардов рублей на систему сбора
информации о местоположении россиян по сигналам с телефона. Технические детали такой системы пока неизвестны, но единственное заявляют твердо: совершенно точно, без всяких сомнений, со 100% гарантией собираемые данные будут безвозвратно обезличены и про перемещения конкретных физлиц государство ничего узнать заведомо не сможет!
Но это НЕТОЧНО!
Is the man listening?
Privacy sold here.
Сол Гудман нас обо всём предупреждал
#LocationTracking is everywhere - often on by default. Your phone logs your movements, & apps sell this data.
Ask yourself: Do I want my grocery trips, doctor visits, or late-night walks mapped & monetized?
Disable location history, limit app access, & consider using a burner device when privacy is crucial.
On this International Woman's Day, I'm thinking of all the #women who are looking for #ReproductiveHealthcare in the US.
Be safe ❤️
Engadget: Subaru’s poor security left troves of vehicle data easily accessible. “Subaru left open a gaping security flaw that, although patched, lays bare modern vehicles’ myriad privacy issues. Security researchers Sam Curry and Shubham Shah reported their findings (via Wired) about an easily hacked employee web portal. After gaining access, they were able to remotely control a test […]
Have you been impacted by the Gravy Analytics data breach? If you have ad supported apps on your phone, you should consult the list of apps.
#GravyAnalytics #DataBreach #LocationTracking
List here > pastejustit.com/atnbotturr
404 Media: Candy Crush, Tinder, MyFitnessPal: See the Thousands of Apps Hijacked to Spy on Your Location. “Some of the world’s most popular apps are likely being co-opted by rogue members of the advertising industry to harvest sensitive location data on a massive scale, with that data ending up with a location data company whose subsidiary has previously sold global location data to US law […]
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