location data

Via Vice An investigation has revealed how the U.S. military is buying granular movement and location data from everyday apps…

via VICE A private company named HYAS markets itself as a threat intelligence firm and uses location data collected from…

Via the NSA and Ars Technica The NSA released a new advisory in August, cautioning readers to prevent data collection…

Via Google Google has published an early version of their COVID-19 Community Mobility Report showing mobility and population differences in…

Via Protocol In most cases we hear, law enforcement departments can only request location data from companies (Google, Uber, etc)…

According to a letter provided to a chair of the Energy and Commerce Congressional Committee by the FCC Chairman Ajit…

In an unprecedented case, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) asked Google for the records of user…

It’s hard to go somewhere – anywhere these days – and not have one or more people, corporations, and governments…

Leaking your location is a common and concerning privacy problem. Some of these mobile device leaks are very hard to…