Data Exploitation

Location Tracking: A Privacy Concern

Author(s):

Isabell Gaylord, ,

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location tracking connecting a phone and a truck for delivery

If you have a cellphone, you’ve probably used location tracking. Indeed, the majority of consumers are carrying a smart device that is consistently sending out private information like location data. However, smartphones are just one of the many smart devices that are transmitting extremely accurate details concerning the user’s activity and whereabouts. This is not … Read more

Social Media Data Exploitation

Author(s):

Caleb Townsend, Staff Writer, United States Cybersecurity Magazine

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A man looks through graphs and charts of data exploitation in a futuristic black and grey room.

Former data analytics contractor Christopher Wylie blew the whistle on an independent company for harvesting the Facebook information of more than 50 million people in the United States, resulting in one of the most…