#locationdata — Public Fediverse posts

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
#OrdnanceSurvey

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
#OrdnanceSurvey

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
#OrdnanceSurvey

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
#OrdnanceSurvey

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
#OrdnanceSurvey

#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

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/23/wireless-giants-to-get-off-the-hook-for-spying-on-your-daily-movements-for-years/

Wireless Giants To Get Off The Hook For Spying On Your Daily Movements For Years

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/23/wireless-giants-to-get-off-the-hook-for-spying-on-your-daily-movements-for-years/

Wireless Giants To Get Off The Hook For Spying On Your Daily Movements For Years

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/23/wireless-giants-to-get-off-the-hook-for-spying-on-your-daily-movements-for-years/

Wireless Giants To Get Off The Hook For Spying On Your Daily Movements For Years

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/04/23/wireless-giants-to-get-off-the-hook-for-spying-on-your-daily-movements-for-years/

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
@OrdnanceSurvey @Defra @CNH

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
@OrdnanceSurvey @Defra @CNH

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
@OrdnanceSurvey @Defra @CNH

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
@OrdnanceSurvey @Defra @CNH

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
@OrdnanceSurvey @Defra @CNH

FBI Tells Senate It’s Still Bypassing 4th Amendment By Purchasing Location Data From Third Parties

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/27/fbi-tells-senate-its-still-bypassing-4th-amendment-by-purchasing-location-data-from-third-parties/

The Government Uses Targeted Advertising to Track Your Location. Here’s What We Need to Do.

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/19/the-government-uses-targeted-advertising-to-track-your-location-heres-what-we-need-to-do/

Docs Expose CBP’s Use Of Ad Data To Track People’s Movements

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/12/docs-expose-cbps-use-of-ad-data-to-track-peoples-movements/

@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.."

@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.."

@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.."

#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.
https://therecord.media/supreme-court-geofence-constitutionality

Google brings Maps data to Gemini API developers

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2025/10/google-maps-gemini-api-grounding/

"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."

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/10/firstwap-altamides-phone-tracking-surveillance-secrets-assad-erik-prince-jared-leto-anne-wojcicki/

#CyberSecurity #Surveillance #FirstWap #Altamides #SS7 #Privacy #LocationData

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

Interesting read - FTC initial findings of research on surveillance pricing and how it may be affecting consumers and competition. https://www.ftc.gov/policy/advocacy-research/tech-at-ftc/2025/01/surveillance-pricing-update-work-ahead #pricing #intermediaries #consumerdata #privacy #dataprivacy #Internet #personaldata #locationdata

Insurance company accused of using secret software to illegally collect and sell location data on millions of Americans https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/01/insurance-company-accused-of-using-secret-software-to-illegally-collect-and-sell-location-data-on-millions-of-americans #drivingbehavior #locationdata #Allstate #movement #Privacy #Arity #News

"Some of the world’s most popular apps are likely being co-opted by rogue members of the advertising industry to harvest sensitive location data on a massive scale, with that data ending up with a location data company whose subsidiary has previously sold global location data to US law enforcement.

The thousands of apps, included in hacked files from location data company Gravy Analytics, include everything from games like Candy Crush and dating apps like Tinder to pregnancy tracking and religious prayer apps across both Android and iOS. Because much of the collection is occurring through the advertising ecosystem—not code developed by the app creators themselves—this data collection is likely happening without users’ or even app developers’ knowledge.

“For the first time publicly, we seem to have proof that one of the largest data brokers selling to both commercial and government clients appears to be acquiring their data from the online advertising ‘bid stream,’” rather than code embedded into the apps themselves, Zach Edwards, senior threat analyst at cybersecurity firm Silent Push and who has followed the location data industry closely, tells 404 Media after reviewing some of the data."

https://www.wired.com/story/gravy-location-data-app-leak-rtb/

#USA #DataBrokers #DataBrokerage #Surveillance #LocationData #GravyAnalytics

"The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced sweeping action against some of the most important companies in the location data industry on Tuesday, including those that power surveillance tools used by a wide spread of U.S. law enforcement agencies and demanding they delete data related to certain sensitive areas like health clinics and places of worship.

Venntel, through its parent company Gravy Analytics, takes location data from smartphones, either through ordinary apps installed on them or through the advertising ecosystem, and then provides that data feed to other companies who sell location tracking technology to the government or sells the data directly itself. Venntel is the company that provides the underlying data for a variety of other government contractors and surveillance tools, including Locate X. 404 Media and a group of other journalists recently revealed Locate X could be used to pinpoint phones that visited abortion clinics.

The FTC says in a proposed order that Gravy and Venntel will be banned from selling, disclosing, or using sensitive location data, except in “limited circumstances” involving national security or law enforcement."

#USA #FTC #LocationData #Venntel #Gravy #DataBrokers #DataBrokerage #DataProtection #Privacy #Surveillance

https://www.404media.co/ftc-bans-location-data-company-that-powers-the-surveillance-ecosystem/

´How #data #brokers sell our #locationdata and jeopardise national security

The #adtech industry is torpedoing the privacy of millions of people in Germany and is a threat to national security. But the underlying problem is global: databrokers sell location data without sufficient control. This is the summary of a joint research by netzpolitik.org and BR.´ https://netzpolitik.org/2024/data-broker-files-how-data-brokers-sell-our-location-data-and-jeopardise-national-security/

This week starts with the wireless trade group CTIA’s 5G Summit on Monday but otherwise doesn’t have too much in the way of appointments or deadlines–which after the end-of-the-month crush last week feels like a real treat.

(Speaking of stories written in the last hours of April, I wrote a post for Patreon readers Tuesday about the unpredictable nature of WordAds income here.)

4/29/2024: FCC Fines Wireless Carriers Almost $200 Million for Careless Sale of Location Data, PCMag

That number in the headline requires the context of the billions of dollars in profit each of the big three carriers reported for the first quarter of 2024, so I made sure to include that. We then updated the post after publication with a statement from AT&T decrying the FCC’s action; Jon Brodkin’s post at Ars Technica includes comparable responses from T-Mobile and Verizon.

4/30/2024: Congress Votes to Strengthen Measures Against Online Child Sexual Exploitation, PCMag

Congress passing any substantive bill ranks as news these days, but a bill addressing a tech-policy problem from hell is even more newsworthy–even if this bill doesn’t include added funding to help attack this problem.

5/1/2024: Your Home Internet Bill Can Be Deceptively Confusing. Now It’s (Slightly) Easier to Understand., Wirecutter

Wirecutter asked me to write an explainer of the broadband-facts labels that the Federal Communications Commission now requires Internet providers to post, and I said I’d be delighted to help after covering this issue multiple times over the last two years. Then after I asked Comcast about criticisms of its implementation of the label, the company added a modem-rental fee that it had left out in some situations. (You’re welcome.)

5/1/2024: T-Mobile Completes Mint Mobile Deal, Promises New Perks for Mint Users, PCMag

Shout out to my editor for spotting the Wall Street Journal’s report that actor and part owner of Mint Mobile Ryan Reynolds should make about $300 million from this completed transaction, then adding a link to the WSJ story in this piece.

5/2/2024: Congress Makes Last-Ditch Effort to Save Low-Cost Broadband Program, PCMag

I wrote about two bills that seem like they might have better-than-usual odds of reviving the Affordable Connectivity Program: one that would restore the FCC spectrum-auction authority that Congress inexplicably let lapse last March and devote some of the resulting proceeds to the ACP, another that would expand the FCC’s Universal Service Fund by requiring broadband providers and large online platforms to contribute (an idea that I’ve seen both Democrats and Republicans endorse) and plow that new revenue into the ACP.

https://robpegoraro.com/2024/05/05/weekly-output-fcc-fines-wireless-carriers-report-act-broadband-labels-t-mobile-now-owns-mint-mobile-affordable-connectivity-program-rescue-options/

#ACP #AffordableConnectivityProgram #broadbandLabels #Cantwell #cellSiteLocationInformation #CSAM #FCCFines #Fetterman #KaEna #locationData #MintMobile #REPORTAct #Securus #TMobile

Police in Washington, D.C. are the second force to give out free Apple AirTags and Tiles for Android users amid a nationwide increase in car thefts.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/93k8yy/cops-are-giving-people-free-airtag-to-combat-thefts?at_medium=Social%20media&at_campaign=Mastodon
#KiaHyundaiThefts #carjacking #DC #airtag #tile #police #locationdata

Satellite data: The other type of smartphone data you might not know about
#Tech #Privacy #Smartphones #Satellites #Data #DataPrivacy #LocationData #SatelliteData #SmartphoneData #GNSSChipsets #Apps #SafetyPurposes #GNSSData #NMEA #IMEI
https://the-14.com/satellite-data-the-other-type-of-smartphone-data-you-might-not-know-about/