Hacker News with Generative AI: Location Tracking

5th Circuit Lets AT&T Off the Hook for Major Location Data Privacy Violations (techdirt.com)
For decades, major wireless carriers AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile collected vast troves of sensitive user location and movement data, then sold access to any random nitwit with two nickels to rub together.

Privacy, Telecommunications, Lawsuits, Data Security, Location Tracking

12 points by hn_acker 3 days ago | 1 comments

Everyone knows your location, Part 2: try it yourself and share the results (timsh.org)

Privacy, Location Tracking, Technology, Experimentation

12 points by touristtam 8 days ago | 0 comments

Everyone knows your location, Part 2: try it yourself and share the results (timsh.org)
It's been more than 2 months now since my first post on the topic of location data sharing between various 3rd parties came out – in case you haven't seen it, you should definitely start from there:

Privacy, Data Sharing, Location Tracking, Online Privacy

318 points by mtlynch 9 days ago | 70 comments

Show HN: CatCompass – An app for tracking stray cats (catcompass.com)
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Mobile Apps, Pets, Community, Location Tracking

7 points by 1mbsite 44 days ago | 1 comments

Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads (timsh.org)
Recently I read about a massive geolocation data leak from Gravy Analytics, which exposed more than 2000 apps, both in AppStore and Google Play, that secretly collect geolocation data without user consent. Oftentimes, even without developers` knowledge.

Privacy, Mobile Apps, Data Security, Location Tracking

1957 points by apokryptein 83 days ago | 605 comments

Ask HN: Open-Source Alternatives to Google Location History? (ycombinator.com)
I've been using Google Timeline (Location History) for years to remind me of what I have been doing on a specific day. However, Google will no longer store data in its cloud (https://www.techradar.com/phones/google-maps-will-soon-delete-your-location-history-unless-you-tell-it-not-to ). This brings me troubles because I really don't like to operate the cell phone when I have a much more powerful PC at hand.

Open Source, Privacy, Location Tracking, Google

14 points by simonmysun 157 days ago | 6 comments

Strava was used to locate the most powerful people (theguardian.com)
A French newspaper has revealed the whereabouts of world leaders with the use of the hugely popular running app. So is it time to stop it tracking your location?

Privacy, Data Security, Location Tracking, World Leaders, Social Media

94 points by kawera 179 days ago | 81 comments

Google Will Track Your Location 'Every 15 Minutes'–'Even with GPS Disabled' (forbes.com)
Warning—you are being tracked.

Privacy, Google, Location Tracking

111 points by thunderbong 201 days ago | 49 comments

Show HN: High-performance Location tracking server built with PHP, Swoole (github.com/LAGGOUNE-Walid)

PHP, Location Tracking, Server, Performance, Swoole

19 points by LAGGOUNEWalid 232 days ago | 7 comments

Dawarich: Self-hosted alternative to Google Location History (github.com/Freika)