Mar 19, 2020 | news, Politics, Privacy, security
Health authorities could track your location and use the data to monitor and model the spread of Covid-19. It would help researchers learn how long the virus survives on a surface, what percentage of the population is asymptomatic, and where to target medical...
Mar 11, 2020 | Android, Apple, phone, Privacy, security
Having big companies track our locations is awesome. It improves our lives in ways big and small with services that are only possible because tech companies know where we are. The benefits of location tracking outweigh the risks. Location tracking improves the world...
Mar 8, 2020 | Apple, phone, Privacy, security
Previously: Location Tracking: They Know Where You Are Location Tracking: LA LA LA I DON’T WANT TO HEAR YOU Location Tracking: Who’s Following You? How Do They Know Where You Are? The phone carriers – Verizon, AT&T, and the others – track the location of your...
Mar 4, 2020 | Android, Facebook, Google, Privacy, security
Previously: Location Tracking: They Know Where You Are Location Tracking: LA LA LA I DON’T WANT TO HEAR YOU Our phones track our movements every minute of every day. We carry around beacons that continuously broadcast their location. Our phones are remarkably...
Mar 1, 2020 | Privacy, security
Previously: Location Tracking: They Know Where You Are Look, I get it. I don’t blame you for wanting to tune out. We’re assaulted by bad news. Our political system is in chaos, we’re doing indescribable damage to the climate, we have no privacy,...
Feb 27, 2020 | Privacy, security
You carry a beacon twenty-four hours a day that broadcasts your location. We are being tracked wherever we go by dozens of companies, mostly unregulated. It is an unparalleled surveillance system, but it wasn’t created by sinister forces in an authoritarian...
