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How Private is Pretty Good Phone Privacy?

By Silke Holtmanns 17 Nov 2022 Privacy & Intellectual Property

The creators of PGPP want to protect users from IMSI-catchers and location monitoring by rotating IMSIs and obfuscating geography but their methods are unlikely to scale and have important drawbacks.


Hacker Leaks Manuals Showing How Iran Uses Mobile Networks to Track Protesters

By Eric Priezkalns 31 Oct 2022 Privacy & Intellectual Property

The hacker acted in response to the brutal crackdown following the suspected murder of Mahsa Amini by Iran’s morality police.


Police Like Gathering Phone Data; Why Is This News?

By Eric Priezkalns 5 Sep 2022 Privacy & Intellectual Property

US police cut costs and worked around the need for court warrants by buying location data gathered by apps on 250mn phones. But there is no great outrage because we are complacent about privacy.


FBI Guide to Mobile Network CDRs Leaked Online

By Eric Priezkalns 4 Nov 2021 Data & Analytics

Do you want to know which US networks are best able to monitor your movements and messages? An FBI manual offers some answers.


Free Simbox Map Offered by LATRO

By Eric Priezkalns 3 Dec 2018 Risk, Fraud & Security

Telcos and regulators can obtain a free trial of LATRO’s Versamapper tool for a limited period.


Website Leaks User Locations for All US Mobile Networks

By Eric Priezkalns 25 May 2018 Privacy & Intellectual Property

A free demo service that allowed people to locate their own phones was vulnerable to anonymous exploitation.


Visa Uses Phone Location To Verify Payments

By Eric Priezkalns 5 Mar 2015 Digital Money

From April, Visa will use software on mobile phones to check the customer’s location when they make a credit card payment.


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How Bad Was the New T-Mobile API Data Breach?


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