Find My Device can locate Pixel 8 for a few hours after it powers off https://9to5google.com/2024/05/08/pixel-8-find-my-device-power/
T-Mobile, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon slapped with $200M fine — here’s what they illegally did with your data https://mashable.com/article/fcc-fines-t-mobile-att-verizon-sprint-location-data
Google promises Find My Device will work with more phones when they’re off https://www.gsmarena.com/google_promises_find_my_device_will_work_with_more_phones_when_theyre_off-news-62372.php
Jeffrey Epstein’s Island Visitors Exposed by Data Broker https://www.wired.com/story/jeffrey-epstein-island-visitors-data-broker-leak/
Innocent St. Louis family terrorized in SWAT raid over stolen AirPods https://boingboing.net/2024/03/25/innocent-st-louis-family-terrorized-in-swat-raid-over-stolen-airpods.html
AirTag anti-stalking class-action lawsuit given the green light https://appleinsider.com/articles/24/03/17/airtag-anti-stalking-class-action-lawsuit-given-the-green-light
FTC cracks down on companies that glean location data without users’ consent https://www.npr.org/2024/02/09/1230517659/ftc-cracks-down-on-companies-that-glean-location-data-without-users-consent
Is a device tracking you without your consent? Florida bill would make that a felony https://news.yahoo.com/device-tracking-without-consent-florida-110000926.html
FTC bans X-Mode from selling phone location data, and orders firm to delete collected data https://techcrunch.com/2024/01/09/ftc-x-mode-ban-delete-location-data/
Google will no longer hold onto people’s location data in Google Maps — meaning it can’t turn that info over to the police https://www.businessinsider.com/google-maps-location-data-history-stored-locally-2023-12
Artificial intelligence can find your location in photos, worrying privacy experts https://www.npr.org/2023/12/19/1219984002/artificial-intelligence-can-find-your-location-in-photos-worrying-privacy-expert
Google will update Maps to prevent authorities from accessing location history data https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/15/24002693/google-maps-update-geofence-warrants-law-enforcement
Finding You The Network Effect of Telecommunications Vulnerabilities for Location Disclosure https://citizenlab.ca/2023/10/finding-you-teleco-vulnerabilities-for-location-disclosure/
ICE, CBP, Secret Service All Illegally Used Smartphone Location Data https://www.404media.co/ice-cbp-secret-service-all-broke-law-with-smartphone-location-data/