New paper on Wi-Fi positioning systems
In a new paper Ann Cavoukian and I argue that when reusing an existing architecture for unintended purposes, we must beware of unintended consequences
Android OEMs will need to use Google Location Service
Could the slogan of "openness and choice" use a bit of tuning?
Non-Personal Information – like where you live?
The notion that location information tied to random identifiers is not personally identifiable information is total hogwash.
Trusting Mobile Technology
Influential European ICT expert Jacques Bus on my posts about MAC addresses and their use by Google and Apple
“Microsoft Accuses Apple, Google of Attempted Privacy Murder”
Microsoft Identity Guru Accuses Apple, Google of trying to bury privacy alive
Microsoft identity guru questions Apple, Google on mobile privacy
The current abuse of personal device identifiers by Google and Apple is at least as significant as the problems I discussed long ago with Passport
Update to iTunes comes with privacy fibs
As the personal phone evolves it will become increasingly obvious that groups within some of our best tech companies have built businesses based on consciously crafted privacy fibs.
What Could Google Do With the Data It’s Collected?
Google should change its FAQs about WiFi data collection to line up with what its PR people are telling journalists.
The Consumerist says “Apple is Watching”
"Privacy Change: Apple Knows Where Your Phone Is And Is Telling People"
Harvesting phone and laptop fingerprints for its database
Google says the user’s device sends a request to its location server with a list of all MAC addresses currently visible to it. Does that include yours?
Trip down memory lane
There is a difference between understanding something theoretically and right in the gut.
What does a MAC address tell you?
Mapping the attendees at a conference to home addresses even when they’ve never consented to any such tracking is not going to be hard if you’ve gone to the trouble of scanning every street in every city in the country.
