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Location data leaks from family tracking app database

March 27, 2019 admin cybercrime, database, exposed, family, location, MongoDB, privacy

Credit to Author: Christopher Boyd| Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2019 16:00:00 +0000

An app called Family Locator exposed the personal information and locations of 280,000 users in real time, including children. How did this happen? And how can app developers avoid it in the future?

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I Broke My Phone Biking 180 Miles Alone in Europe

October 23, 2017 admin anxiety, connectivity, Google Maps, GPS, iPhone, location, maps, outdoors week 2017, Read, road trip, smartphones, Travel

Credit to Author: Lisa Cumming| Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 13:00:00 +0000

Without being able to reliably use GPS, I felt lost.