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A fitness app provided location information to Google that placed him near a crime
Access to almost real-time data and the need to communicate drives rapid mapping. But thinking remains crucial.
Since at least 2017, the US federal government has been buying commercially-available cellphone location data to aid in immigration and border-related enforcement actions, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal.
Notes the issues with abusive settings tracking kids. Might CW this if assigned.
CW: brief allusions to violent crimes near the bottom of the post “What does it matter if I have your location pings?! We delete them after 24 hours!” privacy. fucking. matters. We live in an age where privacy should be more important than ever. An age when we have the technologies to track and surveil with alarming precision. And that all exists in a regulatory framework that is—to put it as mildly as possible—totally fucking incapable of protecting the privacy of the average citizen.
Facebook told two senators why it tracks users' locations even when their tracking services are turned off.
Share your location, or stop apps from accessing it
Updated: In some countries, such lax security can be of real risk to a user’s personal safety.
Examining how power is wielded through data means participating in projects that wield it back. The projects we discuss in this chapter deal openly and explicitly with questions about power, and name the structural forces like sexism and racism that lead to power imbalances.
“It is now abundantly clear that you have failed to be good stewards of your customers’ private location information,” Senator Wyden wrote in a letter addressed to AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon.
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Materials (including data) for a workshop on Palladio - GitHub - miriamposner/palladio_workshop: Materials (including data) for a workshop on Palladio
"illegal access to data is an unfortunate occurrence across virtually every industry that deals in consumer or employee data, and it is impossible to detect a fraudster, or rogue customer, who requests location data of his or her own mobile devices when the required consent is provided."
Hundreds of apps can follow your movements and share the details with advertisers, retailers and even hedge funds. Here’s how to limit the snooping.
When Google Earth added historical maps of Japan to its online collection last year, the search giant didn't expect a backlash. The finely detailed woodblo
This research exposes how much data Google is collecting about consumers and their most personal habits across all of its products.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to. An Associated Press investigation found that many Google services on Android devices and iPhones store your location data even if you've used privacy settings that say they will prevent it from doing so.
Scooter companies Spin, Bird, and Lime are racing to gather your personal data, and have failed to take the time and steps necessary to properly address rider privacy.