USENIX Security ’23 - Oshrat Ayalon, Dana Turjeman, Elissa M. Redmiles - ‘Exploring Privacy And Incentives Considerations In Adoption Of COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps’ →

January 07, 2024 by Marc Handelman in USENIX, Security Conferences, Open Access Research, Security Research, Information Security, Infosecurity Education, Security Architecture, Network Security, Data Security, Tracking, Privacy

Many thanks to USENIX for publishing their outstanding USENIX Security ’23 Presenter’s content, and the organizations strong commitment to Open Access. Originating from the conference’s events situated at the Anaheim Marriott; and via the organizations YouTube channel.

Why Amazon's Ring Is Not A Security Hardware Company

January 28, 2020 by Marc Handelman in Tracking, Advertiising, Death By Advertising, Death of Privacy

And why they are a tracking company.

Google Utilizing Consumer Gmail Accounts to Track Purchases, Financial Transactions

May 21, 2019 by Marc Handelman in Corporate Evil, Corruption, Tracking, Corporate Accountability, Death of Privacy

News of recently revealed and egregious tracking behaviors at Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG); specifically Google is using your Gmails account to track your purchases. Our suggestions is to immediately remove any financial transaction related messaging from your Gmail accounts without delay - unless of course, you trust Google...

"While Google told us that you can delete this information at any time, they did not mention how much of a pain it is to do so. Instead of having a single setting that allows you to control how this data is saved, you need to go into each and every purchase and click on the Remove Purchase button. This will bring you to the original email that the data was pulled from and once this email is trashed, the purchase will be removed from the Purchases page. " - via Lawrence Abrams, reporting at Bleeping COmputer

Microsoft Owned LinkedIn Creepy New Bluetooth Feature →

April 21, 2017 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Blatant Stupidity, Demise of Privacy, Tracking, Information Security

Further proof that the End-Of-The-World-Is-Near: Microsoft Corporation's (NasdaqGS: MSFT) LinkedIn just released a new update for the Company's already slightly-suspicious mobile app that permits Bluetooth connectivity (for location tracking) to fellow LinkedIn members. Reportedly, the feature does not require the app to be running... What could possibly go wrong?

Retailers Begin Physical Customer Tracking →

January 18, 2017 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, Tracking, Dubious Methodology, Questionable Tracking, User Tracking, Surveillance, Must Read, Demise of Privacy, Information Security, Information Sharing, Intelligence Sharing, Intelligence, IoT, IoT Security

Tracking, that is, with the assistance of Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC), that benevolent arbiter of all things computational... El Reg has conveniently provided a FAQ (direct from the chip fabricator) in their superlatively reported post. Today's Must Read.