Url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CCoQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.winlab.rutgers.edu%2F~gruteser%2Fpapers%2FMC2R_Dagstuhl.pdf&ei=3eSXUqHGFsWAiQfXnIGgCA&usg=AFQjCNHPFtByTTNntXaNlKB8IHq6CfFLrw&sig2=Vjpk0ic0xkdx4ajq_l6WNA&bvm=bv.57155469,d. Smartphone pictures pose privacy risks. PIP_Location-based%20services%202013. Why You Should Care About the iPhone Location-Tracking Issue. An unencrypted file stored in iPhones and iPads records location data.
An open source application was used to plot the location data from an iPhone belonging to a Wired.com reporter. You should care about Apple’s collection of geodata on iPhones, iPads and iPod Touch devices, because the method is flawed. To be clear, “care” doesn’t mean you should smash your iPhone with a hammer, rip out the GPS chip and gulp it down your throat.
This isn’t an issue of “Big Brother is watching.” It’s just a matter of a security flaw that puts your location data at risk if it gets in the wrong hands — not an immediate concern, but a concern nonetheless. Two data scientists broke the news Wednesday that an unencrypted file stored on iOS devices contains a detailed log of the device’s geographical data dating back 10 months. As this story developed, some tech observers have attempted to defuse the issue. Here’s why we care. Permanent Data Storage Is Unnecessary But It’s Not a Huge Immediate Danger. Location-tracking turns your smartphone into your stalker. It knows when you are sleeping.
It knows when you're awake. And it's not Santa Claus. It is your increasingly smart smartphone, loaded with processors and apps that you acquired voluntarily, with "location services" that broadcast where you are and, in some cases, what you are doing. [Android malware steals location data from mobile devices] These services are promoted – and successfully sold – as tools to make your life easier and more interesting. Then there is Apple's own description of its latest iPhone M7 coprocessor, which notes that it is, "designed specifically to measure motion data from the accelerometer, gyroscope, and compass," so fitness apps can monitor your workouts. "M7 knows when you're walking, running, or even driving," the company says, so that if you stop driving and start walking, its Maps app will switch to walking turn-by-turn navigation. U.S. appeals court upholds warrantless collection of phone location data] Every move you make...]
Could someone stalk you using your own smartphone?" While helping research this article, the author's roommate spent an afternoon in that paranoid state one might have after seeing a horror movie alone late at night.
The phone would vibrate, she'd jump in surprise, and then check to make sure it was someone she knew calling her before she answered. There are a lot of scary stories out there about smartphone stalking and people stealing your personal information. Potential stalkers have two primary ways they can track you via your smartphone. One way is through social engineering, which requires little or no technical expertise. You could be voluntarily giving away personal information or access to your smartphone to someone you know or who gains your trust. Another way stalkers can track you is to steal information from your smartphone. The good news is that by taking a few precautions, you can keep potential stalkers at bay.
Boyfriend Tracker app raises controversy in Brazil Silvia Izquierdo/AP Google has removed a the Boyfriend Tracker app in Brazil due to complaints about privacy abuses.
Brazilians were outraged when they learned their country was a top target of the U.S. National Security Agency's overseas spying operation, with data from billions of calls and emails swept up in Washington's top secret surveillance program. Yet when it comes to the cloak and dagger effort of catching philandering lovers, all high-tech weapons appear to be fair game — at least to the tens of thousands of Brazilians who downloaded "Boyfriend Tracker" to their smartphones before the stealthy software was removed from the Google Play app store last week, apparently in response to complaints about privacy abuses and its potential to be used for extortion or even stalking.
"Brazilians are a jealous people, what can I say? "It's a different type of spying," she said of comparisons to the NSA surveillance program. IPhone and Android Apps Breach Privacy.