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Privacy blunder alert omits number of key details Updated Popular flight-tracking app FlightAware has admitted that it was exposing a bunch of users' data for more than three years.…
Uaf May 21, 2024 7:25 AM. Might get annoying on a bus or train. I wonder if there may be a spike in distracted driving related crashes in periods of cargestion.
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On Monday, Apple and Google jointly announced a new privacy feature that warns Android and iOS users when an unknown Bluetooth tracking device travels with them. Named Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers, the new feature started rolling out yesterday on Apple devices as part of iOS 17.5 and to Google users on Android 6.0+ devices.
Apple has backported the patch for CVE-2024-23296 to the iOS 16 branch and has fixed a bug in MarketplaceKit that may allow maliciously crafted webpages to distribute a script that tracks iOS users on other webpages. The company has also added a new capability to iOS 17 that will alert users if an unknown Bluetooth tracker is "Seen" moving with them.
A new bioadhesive makes it easier to attach trackers to squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a credit card skimmer that's concealed within a fake Meta Pixel tracker script in an attempt to evade detection. Sucuri said that the malware is injected...
Apple and Google have come together to develop an industry specification to prevent "Unwanted tracking," otherwise known as stalking, via Bluetooth location tracking tags. Though Tile has been selling Bluetooth Low Energy wireless tracking tags for a decade, it wasn't until 2021, when Samsung introduced its Galaxy SmartTag and Apple introduced its AirTag, that reports of abuse of the devices became commonplace.
Apple and Google have joined forces to push for adopting new industry standards designed to stop stalking via Bluetooth-enabled location-tracking devices. "The first-of-its-kind specification will allow Bluetooth location-tracking devices to be compatible with unauthorized tracking detection and alerts across iOS and Android platforms," Apple and Google said in coordinated press releases published today.
Tracking pixels like the Meta and TikTok pixels are popular tools for online businesses to monitor their website visitors' behaviors and preferences, but they do come with risks. While pixel technology has been around for years, privacy regulations such as CCPA and GDPR have created new, much stricter rules, making the practice of data harvesting through a tracking pixel highly controversial.