Tag: privacy

Privacy of fitness tracking apps in the spotlight after soldiers’ exercise routes shared online

January 31, 2018

In November, fitness tracking app firm Strava released what it described as a “most beautiful” dataset – a heatmap of more than more than 3 trillion individual GPS data points, as their users run, cycle, and hike across the globe. And I agree it’s very beautiful and can certainly see how it might be useful to other … More Privacy of fitness tracking apps in the spotlight after soldiers’ exercise routes shared online

Babies’ personal data hawked on dark web

January 29, 2018

There is a new commodity up for grabs on the dark web, as shady vendors have now added the personal data of infants among their offerings, a CNN report has revealed. The internet’s seedy underbelly has been rife with listings of stolen personal information for years, but this is the first time that adverts for infants’ data … More Babies’ personal data hawked on dark web

Hackers can control damaged phones using replacement screens

August 24, 2017

Replacement screens for cracked smartphones bought from third party vendors could leave you vulnerable to hackers, a new study has revealed. The research, carried out by Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, has shown how hackers can use replacement screens to override and steal data from the refurbished phones. Worryingly for users, the attack on these … More Hackers can control damaged phones using replacement screens