Neowin News Feed for: Tracking

IE mouse tracking claims may have had alternative motives

Brad Sams — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 15:01:01 +0000

Microsoft has posted up a statement on its IE blog that goes into detail about the mouse tracking exploit and also paints a bigger picture about Spider.io's motive. Read more...

Google faces FTC fine for spying on Safari users

Paul Ferson — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 02:40:15 +0100

Google faces an investigation from the Federal Trade Commission over an exploit they manipulated with Safari's cookies, allowing them to track users who did not give permission to be tracked. Read more...

After six years, Wakoopa Social closes down

Paul Ferson — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:30:45 +0100

Wakoopa, self-described as the "Last.fm of software", is to shut down at the end of the month,. Users will be able to download their data before it is gone forever. Read more...

Proposed UK law would monitor all emails and web access

John Callaham — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:30:31 +0100

The UK government could propose a new law beginning in May that if passed would allow intelligence groups a way to monitor emails, website visits, texts and calls. Read more...

Police burst into wrong house to recover stolen iPhone

Andy Weir — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 07:20:22 +0000

The ability to remotely track a lost of stolen smartphone is great - but it's not 100% accurate, as one man discovered when police broke into his house, following 'Find My iPhone' location data. Read more...

Google in hot water with Congress over Safari tracking

Tyler Holman — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:30:15 +0000

Google is in trouble with Congress and the FTC again, this time over its supposed exploitation of a flaw in Apple's Safari browser allowing it to track users without their consent. Read more...

How to regain your online privacy: part two

Tim Schiesser — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:26:41 +0000

Nowadays it's hard to keep your online life private, so we've compiled an extensive two part guide that helps you regain your online privacy. Part two looks at the less drastic measures you can take Read more...

How to regain your online privacy: part one

Tim Schiesser — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 10:59:17 +0000

Nowadays it's hard to keep your online life private, so we've compiled an extensive two part guide that helps you regain your online privacy. Part one looks at drastic measures you can take Read more...

Report: Facebook tracks you after you log out

Tim Schiesser — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:40:56 +0100

Australian writer and hacker Nik Cubrilovic has uncovered a flaw where Facebook continues to track you via cookies even after you have logged out from the service Read more...

U.S. Senators condemn OnStar's latest move

James Woodfin — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 19:48:02 +0100

Some U.S. Senators have raised concerns about OnStar saying that it will continue to collect data from cars even if the customer has cancelled their OnStar service. Read more...

Microsoft wants to be able to "find the location of every Windows Phone device in the world"

Brad Sams — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 17:48:04 +0100

Microsoft has posted up a job posting today that is looking for help in being able to track all of its Windows Phone devices anywhere in the World, even without GPS. Read more...

Apple settles iPhone tracking lawsuit for South Korean man

John Callaham — Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:40:51 +0100

Back in April, it was discovered that Apple has been tracking and recording the positions of iPhones and iPads here in the US. While there was a huge negative response to this revelation, there have... Read more...

Apple: "We have no plans to track our users' locations"

Denis Wong — Fri, 20 May 2011 10:18:00 +0100

Apple may have addressed the concerns of its customers by offering to completely purge the device's location cache if you choose to disable Location Services in iOS 4.3.3, but the company and its fellow competitor,... Read more...

TomTom says it won't sell data to police, then changes its mind

Christopher White — Mon, 09 May 2011 03:07:48 +0100

Last week we reported that GPS maker TomTom was selling customer data to the police in the Netherlands who were then taking that data and using it to setup speed traps in order to increase... Read more...

Verizon to put location tracking warning notice on its phones

John Callaham — Sun, 01 May 2011 11:43:40 +0100

Verizon has announced that it plans to put a notice on all of its phones, saying that they are capable of "determining its (and your) physical, geographical location". This revelation comes several days after it... Read more...

TomTom sends your data to the police

Christopher White — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:46:07 +0100

It seems that living off the grid is becoming more and more difficult with every electronic device apparently monitoring your location and sending information back to the parent company. Today’s privacy breach is courtesy of... Read more...

WP7 does not log your location

Brad Sams — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:55:25 +0100

It was recently discovered that Apple's iOS logged your location and that it was possible to take the stored data and turn it into a graphic that showed your previous location. It was also noted... Read more...

Researcher attaches transistors to money

Christopher White — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 03:51:40 +0000

Living “off the grid” may become a bit more difficult in the future if Hagen Klauk’s research takes hold. Discovery News is reporting that the researcher has managed to place organic transistors on your cold,... Read more...

Microsoft adds "Do Not Track" to IE9 RC

Tzvi Friedman — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:38:22 +0000

Amidst bureaucratic wrangling and legal arguments in the upper echelons of the world’s legislative bodies, Microsoft has decided to take matters into its own hands when it comes to ‘do not track’ web browser functionality.... Read more...

US Government appeals ruling banning cell tracking without a warrant

Christine McKee — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 20:50:39 +0000

In a case heard by a federal appeals court in Philadelphia on Friday, the U.S. government argued for the right to access cell phone records of suspected criminals without a warrant according to Reuters. Lower... Read more...