Posted on 05/23/2024 12:50:39 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
In an interview with KrebsOnSecurity, the UMD team said they found that in addition to exposing Russian troop pre-deployment sites, the location data made it easy to see where devices in contested regions originated from.
“This includes residential addresses throughout the world,” Levin said. “We even believe we can identify people who have joined the Ukraine Foreign Legion.”
They also shared a written statement they received from Starlink, which acknowledged that Starlink User Terminal routers originally used a static BSSID/MAC
...Rye said Apple’s response addressed the most depressing aspect of their research: That there was previously no way for anyone to opt out of this data collection.
“You may not have Apple products, but if you have an access point and someone near you owns an Apple device, your BSSID will be in [Apple’s] database,” he said. “What’s important to note here is that every access point is being tracked, without opting in, whether they run an Apple device or not. Only after we disclosed this to Apple have they added the ability for people to opt out.”
(Excerpt) Read more at krebsonsecurity.com ...
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Ping!..................
Citizens get tracked.
Illegals roam anonymously
Here is something new... X now includes direct API connections to Google and now in just the last few days Apple. The Apple connection is brand new. Why is it even hooked to Apple at all?
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If you have BlueTooth or WiFi enabled on your phone it will pick up and log every network and every device you come into contact with. This was discussed on FR after January 6, 2021 when people were wondering why commuters who passed by the protest were getting arrested and jailed.
Proximity was guilt so far as the unconstitutional dragnet was concerned.
Memo: If you go to a protest leave your devices at home.
—”Memo: If you go to a protest leave your devices at home.”
I am doomed!
On my bicycle about thirty miles from home an evil car got me! I woke up two weeks later in an intensive care unit...
Sometime during that event they noticed my dog tags and called my wife at about eight in the evening She had become concerned because I seldom miss dinner.
Since then I have always kept the Family Link app on.
And I retired a few months early to gain another summer on my bike.
‘Total Information Awareness’
Yep, WiFi MAC addresses/”BSSID’s” are tracked/mapped:
More info.:
https://youtu.be/KXEe2kqiYIM?si=n5VQlZKndKGLz-Pr
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