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In a stalking or random criminal scenario, the ability to guide someone to an out-of-the-way, isolated location could be a precursor to kidnapping or worse.
Researchers have for the first time demonstrated that it’s possible to spoof turn-by-turn GPS road navigation to send users to specific wrong locations.
Eggheads reveal designs for causing navigation mischief for folks unsure of surroundings Researchers have developed kit that masquerades as GPS satellites to deceive nearby GPS receivers and thus...
Researchers assumed the bird was dead when its GPS signal stopped moving. A few weeks later the team received a giant phone bill.
La Liga is asking users for their consent to turn on the new, eavesdroppy-feeling function, but many users aren't exactly thrilled.
As it turns out, turning off location services (e.g., GPS) on your smartphone doesn’t mean an attacker can’t use the device to pinpoint your location. A group of Princeton University researchers...
Security researchers have unearthed multiple vulnerabilities in hundreds of GPS services that could enable attackers to expose a whole host of sensitive data on millions of online location...
Researchers discovered that many online services designed for managing location tracking devices are affected by vulnerabilities that expose potentially sensitive information. Fitness, child, pet...
Interesting research: The trick in accurately tracking a person with this method is finding out what kind of activity they're performing. Whether they're walking, driving a car, or riding in a...
Wired has a story about a possible GPS spoofing attack by Russia: After trawling through AIS data from recent years, evidence of spoofing becomes clear. Goward says GPS data has placed ships at...