---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message-ID: <8E388E23-0069-4109-90A7-C588F6D2CBF4@roscom.com> Date: 10 Dec 2018 10:23:52 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They're Not Keeping It Secret Your Apps Know Where You Were Last Night, and They're Not Keeping It Secret Dozens of companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers and even hedge funds. They say it's anonymous, but the data shows how personal it is. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/10/business/location-data-privacy-apps.html ------------------------------ Message-ID: <95DA050A-3968-41C9-BA3C-2E4B4E257F68@roscom.com> Date: 10 Dec 2018 10:25:16 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: How The Times Analyzed Location Tracking Companies How The Times Analyzed Location Tracking Companies Reporters tested apps made for both Android and iOS, evaluated app code and examined the companies receiving the data. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/technology/location-tracking-apps-privacy.html ***** Moderator's Note ***** Most of the apps mentioned in this post have an obvious need for location data, e.g. GasBuddy. This story is really about vague disclosures that don't reveal all the ways this data will be used. Of course, this will get /really/ interesting when someone publishes a list of companies that sell location-tracing apps to spouses and employers. Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <B815ADA5-A67E-4DCB-A00E-E8C35575377D@roscom.com> Date: 10 Dec 2018 10:26:02 -0500 From: "Monty Solomon" <monty@roscom.com> Subject: How to Stop Apps From Tracking Your Location How to Stop Apps From Tracking Your Location Hundreds of apps can follow your movements and share the details with advertisers, retailers and even hedge funds. Here's how to limit the snooping. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/technology/prevent-location-data-sharing.html ***** Moderator's Note ***** AFAIK, turning a phone off prevents location tracking. I don't know if there are any cellphones/apps/operating systems that can gather and store such information while the phone is "off," so please tell me if there are. Bill Horne Moderator ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20181210060235.GA4401@telecom.csail.mit.edu> Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2018 01:02:35 -0500 From: Bill Horne <bill@horneQRM.net> Subject: Bitcoin Investor Sues AT&T After Losing $23 Million In SIM Swap Hack An investor is asking AT&T to pay $220 million in damages in the first-ever lawsuit that attempts to hold carriers accountable for port out scams. A cryptocurrency investor who says he lost $24 million after his phone number was stolen in two hacks wants AT&T to pay him more than $200 million in damages. Michael Terpin, founder of Transform Group and BitAngels, filed a lawsuit against AT&T on Tuesday. Terpin argues that AT&T didn't do enough to protect his phone number despite the fact that the company was fully aware of the fact that criminals are increasingly targeting cryptocurrency investors by stealing their phone numbers in a fraud commonly known as SIM swapping, SIM hijacking, or "port out scam." https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/pawwkz/bitcoin-investor-sues-att-23-million-sim-swap-hack -- Bill Horne (Remove QRM from my email address to write to me directly) ------------------------------ ********************************************* End of telecom Digest Tue, 11 Dec 2018