Security News

Phones are selling location data from “trusted” apps
2018-12-12 11:55

Data brokers are tracking 200 million mobile devices in the US, updating locations up to 14,000 times a day, the New York Times has found.

US authorities now need warrant for your cellphone location data
2018-06-27 12:16

Privacy activists scored a legal victory this week after the Supreme Court ruled it unlawful for law enforcement and federal agencies to access cellphone location records without a warrant.

Supreme Court Rules on Mobile Location Data: Get a Warrant
2018-06-25 13:02

ACLU Says Decision 'Provides a Groundbreaking Update to Privacy Rights'The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that location data generated by mobile phones is protected by the Fourth Amendment, meaning...

Supreme Court: Police Need Warrant for Mobile Location Data
2018-06-22 20:30

The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the government needs to obtain a court-ordered warrant to gather location data on mobile device users. The decision is a major development for privacy...

Apple to share location data during emergency calls in iOS 12
2018-06-21 12:47

iOS 12 users will automatically share highly-detailed location information when calling 911.

Google Chromecast and Home Speaker can leak location data to websites
2018-06-20 15:16

Two Google products have a design weakness that could reveal their users' locations.

Verizon to Stop Sharing Customer Location Data With Third Parties
2018-06-19 18:03

In the wake of a scandal involving third-party companies leaking or selling precise, real-time location data on virtually all Americans who own a mobile phone, the four major wireless carriers...

Google to Fix Location Data Leak in Google Home, Chromecast
2018-06-18 14:04

Google in the coming weeks is expected to fix a location privacy leak in two of its most popular consumer products. New research shows that Web sites can run a simple script in the background that...

Why Is Your Location Data No Longer Private?
2018-05-26 16:18

The past month has seen one blockbuster revelation after another about how our mobile phone and broadband providers have been leaking highly sensitive customer information, including real-time...

Real-time cellphone location data leaked for all major US carriers
2018-05-21 11:43

From the carriers to LocationSmart to 3Cinteractive to Securus: there appears to be a chain pockmarked with lack of authentication and data lost to hackers.