Stalking
Stalking: Fear of Apple AirTag ‘Explodes’ — Lawsuit Momentum Grows
This is why we can’t have nice things: 38 victims of Apple’s “negligence” named in amended class action ...
Android Foils AirTag Stalkers and Thieves — While Apple Does Nothing
C’mon Cupertino: “Unknown Tracker Detected,” your phone screams. What now? ...
First Ban on Selling Location Data, Prohibiting Password Managers, Real-Time Crime Center Concerns
In this episode we discuss how Massachusetts lawmakers are pushing a groundbreaking bill to ban the buying and selling of location data from mobile devices. This legislation raises vital questions about consumer ...
Ironic: LetMeSpy Spyware Hackers Were Hacked (by Hackers)
Content warning: Abuse, stalking, controlling behavior, Schadenfreude, irony, doxxing ...
Supreme Court to Address Online Threats to Celebrities
On April 19, 2023, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case of Counterman v. Colorado, a case readdressing the question of the mental state the government has to demonstrate to ...
Fines as a Security System
Tile has an interesting security solution to make its tracking tags harder to use for stalking: The Anti-Theft Mode feature will make the devices invisible to Scan and Secure, the company’s in-app ...
Tracking People via Bluetooth on Their Phones
We’ve always known that phones—and the people carrying them—can be uniquely identified from their Bluetooth signatures, and that we need security techniques to prevent that. This new research shows that that’s not ...
AirTags Are Used for Stalking Far More than Previously Reported
Ever since Apple introduced AirTags, security people have warned that they could be used for stalking. But while there have been a bunch of anecdotal stories, this is the first vaguely scientific ...
Apple Failed—AirTag has a HUGE Stalking Problem
One year on, the Apple AirTag product has proved the dire predictions correct: They’re being used to “stalk and harass women.” ...
TikTok Circumvents Privacy Protections, Russian Sanction Attacks, Apple AirTag Anti-Stalking Measures
How TikTok can circumvent privacy protections and performs device tracking that gives TikTok full access to user data, the US government warns about ransomware attacks after Biden’s new sanctions against Russia, and ...
