News broke last week that a company has been tracking millions of smartphone users over long periods of time without any opt-in permission or notification, potentially violating state and federal laws ...

With consent, location-tracking can be immensely useful in some situations, experts say, but they warn that the technology is ...

The internet is filled with queries on how to track a cell phone number and that could be for any reason. It could be because you just want to know, or it could be a privacy concern for some. Tracking ...

With the release of iOS 19, Apple has introduced a controversial feature that allows persistent location tracking in the background. This new capability is sparking discussions about privacy and ...

Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states in connection with an investigation into how the company tracked users' locations, state attorneys general announced Monday, calling it ...

LONDON (AP) — Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life, but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you’ve been — if you let them. When you use a map app to find ...

In principle, the use of a Wi-Fi signal for location and tracking is simple. There’s no need for the approach used in RADAR, generating and bouncing a signal off of the object to be located or tracked ...

A team of researchers found that, by not encrypting the data broadcast by Tile tags, users could be vulnerable to having ...