#locationprivacy — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #locationprivacy, aggregated by home.social.
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WEBCAST 9 JUL 16:00 UTC - Re-Drawing the Privacy Line: Chatrie's Legislative and Oversight Implications
The Congressional Internet Caucus Academy hosts a Rayburn lunch panel breaking down the Chatrie v US decision on geofence warrants, location data & the Fourth Amendment, with Jennifer Huddleston (Cato), Jake Laperruque (@CenDemTech) & Paul Taske (NetChoice).
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WEBCAST 9 JUL 16:00 UTC - Re-Drawing the Privacy Line: Chatrie's Legislative and Oversight Implications
The Congressional Internet Caucus Academy hosts a Rayburn lunch panel breaking down the Chatrie v US decision on geofence warrants, location data & the Fourth Amendment, with Jennifer Huddleston (Cato), Jake Laperruque (@CenDemTech) & Paul Taske (NetChoice).
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Google Chrome adds approximate location sharing on Android, giving users more control over privacy
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/05/chrome-approximate-location-sharing/
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Location privacy is f-ing hard ...
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RE: https://masto.deoan.org/@neurovagrant/116262215385487973
Location privacy is f-ing hard ...
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🚨 Breaking: Sharing your location is dangerous! 😱 In 2025, people are fleeing the digital public square like it's a burning building, only to cozy up in group chats that apparently "rule the world." 🌍 Welcome to the apocalypse, where social location sharing is the real villain! 🙄
https://joinreboot.org/p/lighthouses-in-the-sky #locationprivacy #digitalapocalypse #groupchats #socialmedia #safetyconcerns #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨 Breaking: Sharing your location is dangerous! 😱 In 2025, people are fleeing the digital public square like it's a burning building, only to cozy up in group chats that apparently "rule the world." 🌍 Welcome to the apocalypse, where social location sharing is the real villain! 🙄
https://joinreboot.org/p/lighthouses-in-the-sky #locationprivacy #digitalapocalypse #groupchats #socialmedia #safetyconcerns #HackerNews #ngated -
In August 2022, the FTC started to act against the location data companies on our list, suing data broker Kochava for selling location data https://hackernoon.com/the-supreme-court-abortion-ruling-impacted-the-location-data-industry-heres-how #locationprivacy
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In August 2022, the FTC started to act against the location data companies on our list, suing data broker Kochava for selling location data https://hackernoon.com/the-supreme-court-abortion-ruling-impacted-the-location-data-industry-heres-how #locationprivacy
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📸 Think your photos don’t reveal much? Think again.
If you’ve enabled geotagging on your phone, each pic may store GPS data (EXIF metadata) — pinpointing where it was taken.
✅ Disable camera location access (iOS/Android)
✅ Strip metadata before sharing
📍 Some platforms remove this info, but don’t rely on it. -
📸 Think your photos don’t reveal much? Think again.
If you’ve enabled geotagging on your phone, each pic may store GPS data (EXIF metadata) — pinpointing where it was taken.
✅ Disable camera location access (iOS/Android)
✅ Strip metadata before sharing
📍 Some platforms remove this info, but don’t rely on it. -
📍 What if your app could use your location — without ever knowing where you are?
That’s what a team of researchers in Europe is working on: a privacy-preserving location sharing system that uses cover traffic to mask your real coordinates.
How it works:
🧠 Your device generates plausible decoy locations
📡 These are transmitted alongside your true location
🛡️ Even your service provider can’t tell which one is real
🚗 Designed for use in navigation and safety systems, like car apps or emergency alertsStill in the research phase — but if this proves scalable, it could shift the privacy paradigm away from “trust us” to “can’t see it.”
#PrivacyTech #CyberSecurity #LocationPrivacy #Innovation #Infosec
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/17/privacy_preserving_location_sharing/ -
📍 What if your app could use your location — without ever knowing where you are?
That’s what a team of researchers in Europe is working on: a privacy-preserving location sharing system that uses cover traffic to mask your real coordinates.
How it works:
🧠 Your device generates plausible decoy locations
📡 These are transmitted alongside your true location
🛡️ Even your service provider can’t tell which one is real
🚗 Designed for use in navigation and safety systems, like car apps or emergency alertsStill in the research phase — but if this proves scalable, it could shift the privacy paradigm away from “trust us” to “can’t see it.”
#PrivacyTech #CyberSecurity #LocationPrivacy #Innovation #Infosec
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/17/privacy_preserving_location_sharing/ -
🚨🤦♂️ Breaking news: Uber's driver app somehow defies the laws of permissions and accesses location in the background. Meanwhile, Apple Developer Forums are a maze with more dead ends than a Scooby-Doo episode. 🕵️♀️🔍
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/783227 #UberDriverApp #LocationPrivacy #AppleDeveloperForums #TechNews #ScoobyDoo #HackerNews #ngated -
🚨🤦♂️ Breaking news: Uber's driver app somehow defies the laws of permissions and accesses location in the background. Meanwhile, Apple Developer Forums are a maze with more dead ends than a Scooby-Doo episode. 🕵️♀️🔍
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/783227 #UberDriverApp #LocationPrivacy #AppleDeveloperForums #TechNews #ScoobyDoo #HackerNews #ngated -
Disable location access for apps that don’t need it.
Apps often track your movements for data monetization.
#LocationPrivacy #MobileSecurity #DataAbuse -
Stalking your ex using phone location services isn’t cool. Neither is the way that governments and companies use your phone's data to determine where you've been. Learn more about protecting your privacy, and how EFF helps:
* https://www.eff.org/issues/location-privacy
* https://ssd.eff.org/module/mobile-phones-location-tracking#TaylorSwift #blackdog #locationprivacy #dataprivacy #digitalrights
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Stalking your ex using phone location services isn’t cool. Neither is the way that governments and companies use your phone's data to determine where you've been. Learn more about protecting your privacy, and how EFF helps:
* https://www.eff.org/issues/location-privacy
* https://ssd.eff.org/module/mobile-phones-location-tracking#TaylorSwift #blackdog #locationprivacy #dataprivacy #digitalrights
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Experimenting with integrating #scikitmobility #privacy checks into #Trajectools 👩💻
Curious? Check out the dev version in:
https://github.com/movingpandas/qgis-processing-trajectory/tree/privacy#MovingPandas #MovementDataAnalytics #LocationPrivacy #MobilityDataScience
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Experimenting with integrating #scikitmobility #privacy checks into #Trajectools 👩💻
Curious? Check out the dev version in:
https://github.com/movingpandas/qgis-processing-trajectory/tree/privacy#MovingPandas #MovementDataAnalytics #LocationPrivacy #MobilityDataScience
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#washingtonpost investigation finds #Google still retains #locationData about users who visit clinics, hospitals and other ‘particularly personal’ locations, despite Google’s commitment to delete it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/09/google-privacy-abortion-data/
#locationprivacy #privacy #dataprotection #mobility #MobilityData #gischat #lbs #locationbased
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#washingtonpost investigation finds #Google still retains #locationData about users who visit clinics, hospitals and other ‘particularly personal’ locations, despite Google’s commitment to delete it
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/05/09/google-privacy-abortion-data/
#locationprivacy #privacy #dataprotection #mobility #MobilityData #gischat #lbs #locationbased
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"das #Deutschlandticket birgt eine Vielzahl an Problemen – und zwar sowohl in sozialer als auch in datenschutzrechtlicher Hinsicht.
Diese Probleme wären vermeidbar gewesen. So wäre ein Ticket ohne Abo- und Kontozwang deutlich datensparsamer und würde darüber hinaus auch keine Menschen ausschließen. Und bei Fahrkartenkontrollen müssen bundesweit keine Haltestellen vermerkt werden, sondern für die Abrechnung reicht es aus, nur die größeren Tarifbereiche zu speichern – so wie es bereits in Berlin und Brandenburg der Fall ist. Damit ließe das Deutschlandticket auch keine genauen Rückschlüsse auf die Reisebewegungen einzelner Personen zu."
https://netzpolitik.org/2023/geodaten-und-personalisierung-datenschutzrisiko-deutschlandticket/#netzpolitik-pw -
Judge Dismisses F.T.C. Lawsuit Against Kochava, a Location Data Broker - The ruling was a blow to the commission’s intensifying efforts to crack down on the sale ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/business/ftc-kochava-location-data.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #data-mininganddatabasemarketing #suitsandlitigation(civil) #federaltradecommission #locationprivacy #healthprivacy #kochavainc #privacy
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Judge Dismisses F.T.C. Lawsuit Against Kochava, a Location Data Broker - The ruling was a blow to the commission’s intensifying efforts to crack down on the sale ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/05/business/ftc-kochava-location-data.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #data-mininganddatabasemarketing #suitsandlitigation(civil) #federaltradecommission #locationprivacy #healthprivacy #kochavainc #privacy
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Conference option no. 2:
#LBS2023 will take place in Ghent and is also open for submissions now: https://lbs2023.lbsconference.org/call-for-papers/Topics include:
- Geospatial Artificial intelligence (#GeoAI) and #LBS
- #ContextModelling and context-awareness
- Mobile #UserInterface and interaction
- #UserStudies and evaluation
Acquisition, management, and analytics of Location #BigData
- #UbiquitousPositioning
- #Social and behavioural implications of LBS #LocationPrivacy -
Conference option no. 2:
#LBS2023 will take place in Ghent and is also open for submissions now: https://lbs2023.lbsconference.org/call-for-papers/Topics include:
- Geospatial Artificial intelligence (#GeoAI) and #LBS
- #ContextModelling and context-awareness
- Mobile #UserInterface and interaction
- #UserStudies and evaluation
Acquisition, management, and analytics of Location #BigData
- #UbiquitousPositioning
- #Social and behavioural implications of LBS #LocationPrivacy -
So excited for this panel at #Enigma with 0 people on industry payroll trying to lie to you!
Early bird registration ends soon! https://www.usenix.org/conference/enigma2023/registration-information
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So excited for this panel at #Enigma with 0 people on industry payroll trying to lie to you!
Early bird registration ends soon! https://www.usenix.org/conference/enigma2023/registration-information
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@jsrailton RT by @badiucao: #TikTok spying on journalists proves that #LocationPrivacy matters. You have no idea who is getting & leveraging logs of your movements. Right now, the whole issue is a wild west in most jurisdictions. Including the US. https://nitter.hongkongers.net/jsrailton/status/1606032282623520769#m