The US military is stepping up development of cyber weaponry that could be used against enemy networks, even those not connected to the Internet……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber Security
US Supreme Court Says GPS Tracking of Vehicles Requires a Warrant (January 23, 2012)
In a unanimous decision, the US Supreme Court said that US law enforcement agents need to obtain court-approved warrants before tracking suspects with GPS devices……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber Security
Federal Judge Says No Warrant Needed for GPS Tracking (January 3, 2012)
A US federal judge in Missouri has ruled that a warrant was not needed for the FBI to surreptitiously affix a GPS device to a suspect’s automobile to track his location for two months……. View full post on SANS NewsBites View full post on National Cyber Security
Privacy campaigners slam shopper tracking tech
Monitoring technology used in shopping centres to track customers’ movements via their mobile phones has come under fire from civil rights campaigners, who claim that it invades people’s privacy. FootPath technology, manufactured by UK company Path Intelligence, uses signals from a shopper’s mobile phone to pinpoint their position to within…
Carrier IQ execs complying with probe of cellphone tracking claims
Federal investigators are probing allegations that Carrier IQ software found on about 150 million cellphones tracked user activity and sent the information to the cellphone companies without informing consumers, according to government officials. View full post on cellphone security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber…
Carrier IQ tracking iPhone customers too, hacker says
Apple’s iPhone is running Carrier IQ’s software too, according to Chpwn. (Credit: Apple) Carrier IQ, a company that provides tracking tools to carriers and phone vendors, has come under fire as of late for monitoring Android-based devices. And now, the company’s software has been found on the iPhone. Carrier IQ’s…
Mobile tracking vendor Carrier IQ drops legal threats
Software vendor Carrier IQ has withdrawn its threat to sue a security researcher for saying that its software helps phone companies surreptitiously track users of many popular mobile phones. Company CEO Larry Lenhart, also apologised to researcher Trevor Eckhart for making the threat and expressed his interest in having an…
TEMECULA: Mall tracking cellphone users during holiday season
The Promenade mall in Temecula is using cell phone tracking techology to monitor the movement of folks in and around the mall during the holiday shopping season. View full post on cellphone security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans
German authorities accuse Facebook of tracking deleted users
A German data protection authority contends Facebook is tracking users even after they delete their accounts, and it wants the company to respond to this potential privacy violation by Monday. Hamburg’s Data Protection Authority has published a report about how Facebook uses cookies, or small pieces of data stored in…
ProtectMyID: Limit cookies: By tracking your web activity, a cookie may have info about your passwords and #creditcard numbers. #101tips
ProtectMyID: Limit cookies: By tracking your web activity, a cookie may have info about your passwords and #creditcard numbers. #101tips View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security Gergory Evans