Security News

Tracking Firm LocationSmart Leaked Location Data for Customers of All Major U.S. Mobile Carriers in Real Time Via Its Web Site
2018-05-17 18:29

LocationSmart, a U.S. based company that acts as an aggregator of real-time data about the precise location of mobile phone devices, has been leaking this information to anyone via a buggy...

Apple boots out apps that abuse location data collection
2018-05-11 11:27

GDPR is coming and Apple's spring cleaning the App Store

If your iOS app shares location data without permission, Apple will pull it
2018-05-10 14:26

Apple recently updated its App Store Review Guidelines to ban sharing data with third parties.

Google Collects Android Location Data Even When Location Service Is Disabled
2017-11-21 06:40

Do you own an Android smartphone? If yes, then you are one of those billions of users whose smartphone is secretly gathering location data and sending it back to Google. Google has been caught...

Do the Police Need a Search Warrant to Access Cell Phone Location Data? (Schneier on Security)
2017-08-17 11:12

The US Supreme Court is deciding a case that will establish whether the police need a warrant to access cell phone location data. This week I signed on to an amicus brief from a wide array of...

Mobile Applications Leak Device, Location Data (Threatpost)
2016-10-20 13:48

A study finds risky apps leave mobile devices open to SMS denial-of-service attack and remote SIM card rooting.

US court says cops don't need a warrant for cell location data (ZDNet)
2016-05-31 20:40

RunKeeper acknowledges location data leak to ad service, pushes updates (ArsTechnica)
2016-05-17 22:36

Cops gain access to phone location data (The Register)
2015-11-10 23:50

EFF says warrants for phone location data should be mandatory (SC Magazine)
2015-09-01 22:53