Google location tracking deal could be derailed by politics $62 million settlement plan challenged over payments to progressive nonprofits Security16 Apr 2024 | 17
Google throws California $93M to make location tracking lawsuit disappear Half a percent of last quarter's net income? That'll teach 'em Security15 Sep 2023 | 20
Google uses India to test ‘deliver to the house near the post office’ feature Ads and search giant also open sources offensive stereotype database, and gives Amazon a poke Software29 Jun 2023 | 16
Catholic clergy surveillance org 'outs gay priests' Religious non-profit allegedly hoovered up location data from dating apps to ID clerics Security10 Mar 2023 | 100
Like AirTags, but for cargo: Qualcomm teases SaaSy tracking service There's no way this could be abused, right? Off-Prem22 Feb 2023 | 2
Google gets off easy in location tracking lawsuits $29.5 million and we don't have to admit wrongdoing? Where do we sign? Security03 Jan 2023 | 4
Why bother with warrants when cops can buy location data for under $10k? How Fog Data Science sells records of your whereabouts, according to the EFF Personal Tech01 Sep 2022 | 36
Meta offers $37.5m to settle location tracking lawsuit Users may get around $0.53 each, Facebook would lose about eight hours of annual profit Personal Tech23 Aug 2022 | 26
Spain, Austria not convinced location data is personal information Privacy group NOYB sues to get telcos to respect GDPR data access rights Personal Tech22 Jun 2022 | 51
US senators seek ban on sale of health location data With Supreme Court set to overturn Roe v Wade, privacy is key Research17 Jun 2022 | 32
Singapore's Grab enters maps-as-a-service market Takes on global players with data sourced from customers, plus paid contributions from delivery drivers Software09 Jun 2022 | 3
Facebook: Remember how we promised we weren’t tracking your location? Psych! Can't believe you fell for that Analysis Super-harvester of private info forced to confront new iOS, Android safeguards Personal Tech10 Sep 2019 | 109
What was that P word? Ah. Privacy. Yes, we'll think about privacy, says FCC mulling cellphone location data overhaul Analysis Commissioners still doing their best to ignore bounty hunter stalking scandal Security15 Mar 2019 | 26
US lawmakers furious (again) as mobile networks caught (again) selling your emergency location data to bounty hunters (again) Analysis Privacy advocates stunned that explicit rules ignored, blame head of FCC Security08 Feb 2019 | 50
AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, T-Mobile US pledge, again, to not sell your location to shady geezers. Sorry, we don't believe them Fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fool me, you can't get fooled again*, OK Security11 Jan 2019 | 24
Facebook, Google sued for 'secretly' slurping people's whereabouts – while Feds lap it up It's all about location, location, location Personal Tech23 Oct 2018 | 36
Location, location, location... technologies under the microscope Analysis The view from space and your pocket Security01 Oct 2018 | 32
Google responds to location-stalking outcry by… tweaking words on its BS support page Hi, is that the FTC? Yep, they're at it again Personal Tech17 Aug 2018 | 44
Tufts boffins track device location without GPS or towers Because everybody wants better tracking, right? Science25 May 2018 | 15
US senators ask FTC to investigate Google's Location imbroglio That sound you can hear is laughter from Oracle HQ Legal16 May 2018 | 27
iOS apps can read metadata revealing users' location histories EXIF through a gift shop full of personal data Security28 Sep 2017 | 35
Do cops need a warrant to stalk you using your cellphone records? US Supremes to mull it over Armed robbery case goes to America's highest court Security05 Jun 2017 | 26
Revealed: Scammers plaster Google Maps with pins to lure punters from honest traders Research shows how web mapping service can be abused Security19 Apr 2017 | 5
Leaky battery attack reveals the paths you walk in life 'Innocent' power consumption metrics found in scores of Android apps Applications23 Feb 2015 | 37
Whisper chief: 'We're not infallible but strive to do right by our anonymous users' ILLEGAL ACTIVITY? 'Limited info is shared with Feds' Networks19 Oct 2014 | 16
Careless Whisper? Anonymous messaging app accused of stalking users, blabbing to Feds Startup denies outing peeps posting witty gags Security17 Oct 2014 | 25
Your Android phone is a SNITCH: Wi-Fi bug makes you easy to track Even asleep, your mobe could be blabbing your every move Security03 Jul 2014 | 27
IBM Boffins KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE, thanks to Twitter "Woohoo I'm in Sydney" tells people you're in Sydney, it seems Networks25 Mar 2014 | 13
Snowden latest: NSA stalks the human race using Google, ad cookies Every single day, every word you say, every game you play, they'll be watching you Security12 Dec 2013 | 77
Apple dodges data privacy sueball: Fanbois didn't RTFM*, says judge They never bothered to read the privacy policy... so they have no case Legal28 Nov 2013 | 36
Google loses Latitude in Maps app shake-up Don't worry, you can use Google+ instead Software10 Jul 2013 | 83
Google exec defends search snooping, location tracking Apple's Maps app, however, could get you killed Legal08 Feb 2013 | 43
Bloke blasts Sprint for fingering his home as phone thieves' den Welcome to Wayne's world: Multiple missing mobes mistakenly tracked Security16 Jan 2013 | 32
No GPS in the iPad Mini Wi-Fi: People are right to criticise Comment Characteristically evil move by Cupertino Security25 Oct 2012 | 145
Nokia, Samsung and pals team up to map malls, stations Alliance aims to develop standard for mobile floor plans Networks23 Aug 2012 | 11
Skyhook offers 'Always-On' background STALKING feature Pah, who needs more battery juice at 40,000 feet?! Software18 Jul 2012 | 9
Want to avoid all private-data breaches, ever? Here's how Interview Wilderness guru speaks, world listens SaaS03 Nov 2011 | 10
Google offers opt-out from Wi-Fi router location database Never offered an opt-in, though Security15 Sep 2011 | 49
Apple plan to rate shops etc by number of iPhones visiting Why has the butcher started selling turtlenecks? On-Prem09 Sep 2011 | 56
Lawsuit alleges that Windows Phone 7 tracks users Camera app fingered in claims Software01 Sep 2011 | 13
Facebook ditches Places - but embiggens location tracking How many icons will appear on Zuck's global bitch-map? Networks24 Aug 2011 | 5
Apple snuffs iPhone privacy complaint with Korean peanuts Updated Sueapple.co.kr Legal14 Jul 2011 | 17
Miracle Aliens-style indoor comms built for firefighters Trail of relay routers auto-laid from belt dispensers Science21 Jun 2011 | 35
Nissan car secretly shares driver data with websites Location, destination, speed leaked Security13 Jun 2011 | 51
Microsoft stops ID-ing phones in jab at Google Redmond jettisons unique device identifiers Personal Tech11 May 2011 | 9
Apple breaks location-storing silence Admits underestimating stupidity of its users* Personal Tech27 Apr 2011 | 124
Apple sued over iPhone location tracking 'We don't track anyone,' says alleged Jobs email Security25 Apr 2011 | 74
No, iPhone location tracking isn't harmless and here's why Analysis Secret Apple database already being tapped by cops Security22 Apr 2011 | 216
'Google Earth for the Iraq insurgency' gets $115m Could have bought ordinary Google Earth for that Databases24 Nov 2009 | 13
NASA chuffed with super-accurate new map of universe Quasars. Is there anything they can't do? Science30 Oct 2009 | 14
Galileo satellite fleet apparently reduced Order for final six birds put on indefinite hold Science23 Oct 2009 | 4
DARPA seeks 'Precision Electronic Warfare' 'Surgical jamming' bubble follows you to the corner Science25 Aug 2009 | 11
$1m for seethrough vidspecs in DARPA VR war-graffiti plan Plus gesture, voice and 'tactile' input devices Science07 Jul 2009 | 11
Union attacks fire-brigade control room IT modernisation Claims of 'meltdown' not ideal for fire service project Databases22 Jun 2009 | 28
New York cops seek tech solution to plod-v-plod shootings 'Blue-on-blue': Not just a military term Legal08 Jun 2009 | 33
Smart-map battle network for footsoldiers gets $12m demo Covert special-ops smartphone version also offered Networks29 May 2009 | 4
DARPA in useful, easily-achievable project shocker System likely to actually work: Sackings expected Science18 May 2009 | 18
DARPA working on inertial-nav 'Smart Boot' tech Truly kick-ass precision strike at last Science14 May 2009 | 13