#location-data — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #location-data, aggregated by home.social.
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OS Emergency Services Gazetteer - Not Every Emergency Happens At A Place With An Official Address. 🚑 [UK]
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https://www.linkedin.com/posts/not-every-emergency-happens-at-a-place-with-ugcPost-7458093278580654080-p6r0 <-- shared technical post
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https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/os-emergency-services-gazetteer <-- OS Emergency Services Gazetteer hub
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #OSDataHub #emergencyservices #emergencyresponse #routing #addressing #UK #England #Wales #Scotland #OS #EmergencyServicesGazetteer #dataset #responders #risk #hazard ##EmergencyServices #PublicHealth #PublicSafety #FirstResponders #LocationData #AddressingChallenges #DispatchOperations #SituationalAwareness #SmartCities #CommunitySafety
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#SCOTUS Reviews Police Use of #Cell #Location #Data to Find Criminals
#Geofence searches allow law enforcement to find suspects & witnesses by sweeping up #LocationData from cellphone users near crime scenes.
Geofence searches have become increasingly popular as a tool for law enforcement, but critics say they put at risk the personal data of everyday Americans & violate the #Constitution.
#law #privacy #InfoSec
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/27/us/politics/supreme-court-cell-data-geofence.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share -
Wireless Giants To Get Off The Hook For Spying On Your Daily Movements For Years
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The databroker documentary goes international. Here are three more available languages:
Arabic: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLRzN-q7x-A
Hindi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2qovpaTXgs
Indonesian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTjErMuN5ZM
#DatabrokerFiles #databroker #locationdata #smartphone #apps
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There's an English version of our databroker documentary: "Dangerous apps - In the web of data brokers". It shows how common apps can put people in the crosshairs of stalkers, criminals, and intelligence services.
In English 🇺🇸: https://www.dw.com/en/dangerous-apps-in-the-web-of-data-brokers/svideo-76843321
In English 🇺🇸 on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y07j3hXAI-g
In Spanish 🇪🇸:
https://www.dw.com/es/aplicaciones-peligrosas-en-la-red-de-los-comerciantes-de-datos/video-76843352 -
How Ordnance Survey Supports Agriculture And Land Management Through Innovation And Trusted, Authoritative Data [UK]
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https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/insights/supporting-agriculture-and-land-management <-- shared technical article
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https://youtu.be/BQReQyr3Xv0?si=6ov42Fe94epDBfBh <-- shared video, ‘CNH supports farmers with driverless tractors using OS technology’
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https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/products/os-ngd <-- shared link to the OS National Geographic Database open spatial data portal
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#OrdnanceSurvey #OS #agency #OSNet #GPS #navigation #routing #safety #security #location #locating #GIS #spatial #mapping #precisionagriculture #farmers #farming #UK #Britain #England #Scotland #Wales #NorthernIreland #agriculture #production #food #foodsecurity #geospatial #farming #locationdata #tractor #SeeABetterPlace #mechanisation #automation #driverless #landuse #landuseframework #defra #spatialdata #opendata #OSNationalGeographicDatabase #API #downloads #Geovation #LandApp #OkoAg #SoilBenchmark #sustainable #environment
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FBI Tells Senate It’s Still Bypassing 4th Amendment By Purchasing Location Data From Third Parties
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The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here’s What We Need to Do.
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Docs Expose CBP’s Use Of Ad Data To Track People’s Movements
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@eff ⚠️
"new report gives direct evidence tt Customs & Border Protection has used #locationdata taken fr te #internet #advertising ecosystem to #track #phones. In a doc uncovered by 404 Media, CBP admits what we’ve been saying for yrs: Te technical sys powering creepy #targeted #ads also allow fed agencies to track your location. Te doc acknowledges tt a prog by CBP to use "commercially avail marketing location data" for #surveillance drew fr te process used to select targeted ads shown to you.." -
RE: https://mastodon.social/@404mediaco/116165955832004026
> Die US-Grenzschutzbehörde …hat systematisch #Standortdaten aus Alltags-Apps genutzt, die aus dem Real-Time-Bidding-System (#RTB) der Online-#Werbeindustrie stammen. Das belegt ein internes Dokument …, das die Investigativ-Plattform @404mediaco … veröffentlicht hat.
👉4.2.2026, @heiseonline dazu: https://www.heise.de/news/US-Grenzschutz-nutzte-Online-Werbedaten-zur-Handy-Ueberwachung-11199454.html
#Datenschutz #TeamDatenschutz #Privacy #CandyCrush #Tinder #Grindr #Tumblr #MyFitnessPal #DiDay #Webloc #LocationData
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#Petition by #ConsumerReports: Stop the #CellPhone snitching!
Let’s ban the sale of our phone #LocationDatahttps://action.consumerreports.org/nb_20260211_statelocationprivacyact
#activism #Surveillance #SurveillanceCapitalism #privacy #DigitalPrivacy
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#Petition from #ConsumerReports: Stop the #CellPhone snitching!
Let’s ban the sale of our phone #LocationDatahttps://action.consumerreports.org/nb_20260211_statelocationprivacyact
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#SupremeCourt to consider whether #geofence #warrants are #constitutional
Case centers Okello Chatrie, Virginia man who pleaded guilty to a 2019 robbery for stealing $195,000 at gunpoint.
#Police found security camera footage showing man on phone near credit union that was robbed and asked #Google to produce #locationdata near robbery site so they could determine who committed crime. They did so, providing police with subscriber data for 3 people, one of whom was Chatrie.
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🚀 NodeLoc: giải pháp tự host cho dữ liệu vị trí, thay thế Google Maps, giảm chi phí tới 30‑40% margin. Stress test 100k điểm: 522 QPS, latency 32 ms (P95), 100 % success, độ chính xác WGS‑84. Kiến trúc hybrid KNN‑Dispatch: GIST‑index pruning + R‑Tree KNN, Node.js + PostGIS trong Docker. Patent tạm thời #63/962,635. #SaaS #LocationData #SelfHosted #Tech #CôngNghệ #KhởiNghiệp
https://www.reddit.com/r/SaaS/comments/1qhg91x/case_study_how_i_tuned_postgis_to_hit_522_qps_and/
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Google Maps is incredibly useful — and yes, it also collects location data (with user controls).
Privacy-minded teams and individuals are exploring tools built on OpenStreetMap, like OsmAnd and Organic Maps.
They offer offline navigation, no ads, and no built-in location profiling.The tradeoff? Less commercial data and reviews.
For some use cases, that’s a feature, not a bug.
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Demi Group Data Breach Exposes Employee IC Numbers and Location Logs https://dailydarkweb.net/demi-group-data-breach-exposes-employee-ic-numbers-and-location-logs/ #CyberSecurity #DataBreaches #employeedata #LocationData #databreach #DemiGroup #ICNumbers #Malaysia #PIILeak #Privacy
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It's your fault my laptop knows where I am
https://www.amoses.dev/blog/wifi-location/
#HackerNews #laptopprivacy #wifi #tracking #locationdata #technologynews
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Google brings Maps data to Gemini API developers
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2025/10/google-maps-gemini-api-grounding/
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"Operating from their base in Jakarta, where permissive export laws have allowed their surveillance business to flourish, First Wap’s European founders and executives have quietly built a phone-tracking empire, with a footprint extending from the Vatican to the Middle East to Silicon Valley.
It calls its proprietary system Altamides, which it describes in promotional materials as “a unified platform to covertly locate the whereabouts of single or multiple suspects in real-time, to detect movement patterns, and to detect whether suspects are in close vicinity with each other.”
Altamides leaves no trace on the phones it targets, unlike spyware such as Pegasus. Nor does it require a target to click on a malicious link or show any of the telltale signs (such as overheating or a short battery life) of remote monitoring.
Its secret is shrewd use of the antiquated telecom language Signaling System No. 7, known as SS7, that phone carriers use to route calls and text messages. Any entity with SS7 access can send queries requesting information about which cell tower a phone subscriber is nearest to, an essential first step to sending a text message or making a call to that subscriber. But First Wap’s technology uses SS7 to zero in on phone numbers and trace the location of their users.
First Wap emphasizes that its technology is used by law enforcement to “fight against organized crime, terrorism and corruption.” It sells Altamides directly, as well as through third-party resellers."
#CyberSecurity #Surveillance #FirstWap #Altamides #SS7 #Privacy #LocationData
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RE: https://mementomori.social/@levi/115334697961474628
2. Streetcomplete and #Openstreetmaps
On the topic of #geolocation , there's another FOSS project that relies on community submissions to build a privacy preserving map
let's face it, Google Maps is the most solid, polished and convenient maps app out there, it offers detailed business listings, phone numbers, open hours, photos and reviews, Streetview (which OSM lacks), live traffic, routing algorithms with turn by turn navigation.. Etc.
But as it's the case with proprietary software, convenience comes at a cost, a cost that no one can afford, loss of privacy.
Most people fail to recognize how sensitive location data is, how it's used against them and how it can be abused in the future.
if I ask.. where were you on February 9, 2012, at 3 o'clock? you have no clue, you can't even remember what you had for dinner last night! me too :-) our brains can't recall events with time and location with such great precision, if you can.. you must be Charles Xavier from X-Men :-P
But you know who can remember? Google. the Ad company profiles individuals by tracking queries, routes, and interactions, it records your movements by a feature called location history which is turned on by default, even when you don't use the app, your movements are still logged, heck.. even if you turn off location history altogether, Google keeps on tracking you.. this should tell you how much valuable location data is for E-Corp, where you work or study, what you're planning to buy, where you go for entrainment.. etc. all used to create a profile so that the surveillance machine can target you with ads..
The brightside is that we don't have to use a surveillance tool like Google Maps, OrganicMaps is a free and open source software that respects your privacy, does not collect or transmit your location, search history, or usage data and it encourages you to use it offline by letting you know that you have to download maps for your area.
Organic Maps uses OpenStreeMaps which is also free software, but as I mentioned it's not as rich as Google Maps in terms of data. :-(
Which brings us to Streetcomplete, a FOSS android app designed to make contributing to OpenStreetMap easy. It's really like a real life game and I find it fun, It uses a simple question and answer interface to gather missing OpenStreeMaps details like: surface types of paths, opening hours of shops, speed limits.. etc
Submitted data will appear on OpenStreeMaps, so all users of apps like @organicmaps and @CoMaps can benefit from :-)
If you're interested in volunteering to help us make a #freedom map so we don't live our lives under the constant surveillance of #bigbrother Google, check out the following links:
- https://streetcomplete.app/
- https://www.openstreetmap.org
- https://organicmaps.app
- https://www.comaps.app/
#opensource #geolocation #linux #programming #coding #technology #geoip #software #gis #openstreetmap #tech #github #iot #data #security #opensourceprojects #geotagging #locationdata #mapdata #opendata #fdroid #neostumbler #location #surveillance #privacy #street #streetcomplete #google -
You can contribute to the #freesoftware movement even if you don't know how to write #code here's some practical examples:
1. @beacondb & #Neostumbler
BeaconDB is community-driven wireless geolocation database that serves as a replacement for Mozilla Location Services (MLS), which was discontinued in March 2024.
why is this project important?
because #Google collects extensive location data tied to user accounts for advertising and profiling (even if you turn off location history) Google doesn't understand consent, what a surprise! :blob_rollingeyes:
BeaconDB will provide privacy friendly geolocation, allowing #degoogled #android ROMs like #CalyxOS and #GrapheneOS to be used without relying on Google (Google's location services)
Neostumbler is an #opensource android app, that collects geolocation data from wireless signals such as Wi-Fi access points, cell towers, and Bluetooth beacons, NS does not collect personal identifying information, only anonymized wireless signal data and it can be turned off at any time. (can't say the same for Google)
you can start contributing to BeaconDB simply by downloading and installing NeoStumbler, enabling GPS, open NS and start a scan, start walking or driving, and after you cross a certain distance, you'll see some generated reports, press upload to upload them all (you can also go to settings and enable automatic uploading in the background)
If you want to volunteer and help us free our phones, laptops and smart watches from corporate ecosystems (like Google's location services) and achieve digital sovereignty in the aspect of geolocation, take a look at these links
- BeaconDB: https://beacondb.net/
- NeoStumbler: https://github.com/mjaakko/NeoStumbler#opensource #geolocation #linux #programming #coding #technology #geoip #software #gis #openstreetmap #tech #github #iot #data #security #opensourceprojects #geotagging #locationdata #mapdata #opendata #fdroid #beaconDB #neostumbler #location #surveillance #privacy #mozilla #firefox
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Ted Cruz Kills America’s Latest Attempt To Have Functional Privacy Laws
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"Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has bought access to a surveillance tool that is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data from hundreds of millions of mobile phones, according to ICE documents reviewed by 404 Media.
The documents explicitly show that ICE is choosing this product over others offered by the contractor’s competitors because it gives ICE essentially an “all-in-one” tool for searching both masses of location data and information taken from social media. The documents also show that ICE is planning to once again use location data remotely harvested from peoples’ smartphones after previously saying it had stopped the practice.
Surveillance contractors around the world create massive datasets of phones’, and by extension people’s movements, and then sell access to the data to government agencies. In turn, U.S. agencies have used these tools without a warrant or court order."
#USA #Surveillance #ICE #Immigration #Deportation #LocationData
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Verizon Remains On The Legal Hook For Illegally Spying On You And Selling Your Movement Data (For Now)
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Tens of thousands of Irish phone locations are for sale.
Data showing the specific movement of tens of thousands of phones is available to purchase within the digital marketing and advertising industries, an investigation has found.
The availability of the data from brokers has raised major worries about personal privacy, but also national and domestic security, including at the highest levels of the Department of Justice.
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With AT&T win and VZW and T-Mobile's losses, we may need to be very careful about how our location data is shared more than we already are.
Court rejects Verizon claim that selling location data without consent is legal
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Court rejects Verizon claim that selling location data without consent is legal
#HackerNews #Verizon #LocationData #Consent #LegalRights #PrivacyProtection