Google’s location history data shared routinely with police
Law enforcement officials in the US have been routinely mining Google’s location history data for criminal investigations. Requests have escalated in the last…
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How to Stop Google’s Sensorvault From Sharing Your Location
Google’s Sensorvault is a location history database that police can query to see phones near the location of a crime. Google is the only company with such a…
How To Fix Google Maps GPS Location Issues On Android
How To Fix Google Maps GPS Location Issues On AndroidWe all know very well that nobody likes to stand in the middle of a place without really knowing where it…
How to stop Android apps from accessing your location
It’s totally reasonable that you would rather keep information about your location to yourself. On the other hand, it makes sense to grant some apps access to…
Hackers Tracking Location History via Google Photos Vulnerability
A vulnerability has been found in the web version of Google photos which lets malicious websites access the sensitive information related to the photos…
Will the next version of Android get location privacy right?
Better late than never, Google has confirmed that improved control over location tracking is one of several new privacy features in the next version of…
Emboldened by PUBG Mobile ban few location in India
Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds aka PUBG Mobile seems to be permanently in the sights of the government. Following reports of the game being banned in Surat…
Use Google Location Sharing to Keep Track of Loved Ones
It seems hard to imagine now, but not too long ago, you couldn’t simply get in touch with someone anytime you wanted to. Once your child, spouse or friend was…
Facebook adds new background location privacy controls
Facebook is updating its privacy settings on Android to make it easier for users to control what location data is sent to and stored by the company. In its…
Get Your System’s Geographic location from a Bash Script
You can find the geographic location of a remote Linux system using open APIs and a simple bash script. Geolocating a server could help you track it in the…