Google tracks your movements, like it or not
Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.
Aug 13, 2018
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News tagged with location data
Internet
Google to publish user location data to help govts tackle virus (Update)
Google says it will publish users' location data around the world from Friday to allow governments to gauge the effectiveness of social distancing measures, brought in to stem the COVID-19 pandemic.
Apr 3, 2020
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Robotics
A robot that allows users to virtually navigate remote environments
Two students who graduated from VR Siddartha Engineering College in Kanuru, India, have created a virtual telepresence robot that allows users to see what is happening in a remote location as if they were actually there. ...
Consumer & Gadgets
New smartphone vulnerability could allow hackers to track user location
A newly discovered vulnerability in text messaging may enable attackers to trace your location, according to Northeastern Ph.D. student Evangelos Bitsikas.
Jul 28, 2023
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Computer Sciences
Data collected from acquaintances and even strangers can predict your location
Data about our habits and movements are constantly collected via mobile phone apps, fitness trackers, credit card logs, websites visited, and other means.
Apr 13, 2022
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Business
T-Mobile to pay $20M after outage led to failed 911 calls
Wireless carrier T-Mobile agreed to pay $19.5 million in a settlement with the Federal Communications Commission over a 12-hour nationwide outage in June 2020 that resulted in thousands of failed 911 calls.
Nov 24, 2021
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Consumer & Gadgets
Fitness app loophole allows access to home addresses
Despite attempts to anonymize user data, the fitness app Strava allows anyone to find personal information—including home addresses—about some users. The finding, which is detailed in a new study, raises significant privacy ...
Jun 7, 2023
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Computer Sciences
The privacy risks of compiling mobility data
A new study by MIT researchers finds that the growing practice of compiling massive, anonymized datasets about people's movement patterns is a double-edged sword: While it can provide deep insights into human behavior for ...
Dec 7, 2018
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Computer Sciences
Artificial intelligence improves the location of objects inside industrial environments
Indoor positioning technologies are one of the driving forces behind the digital transformation of the industrial sector. The ability to track objects, assets and people accurately and cheaply could save resources, time and ...
Nov 10, 2022
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Computer Sciences
Platform developed to help users control their personal data
The trove of digital data we generate in our daily lives can potentially make us more efficient, increase sustainability and improve our health, among other benefits, but it also poses threats to privacy.
Jun 12, 2020
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