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The UK Is GPS-Tagging Thousands of Migrants

WIRED Threat Level

Ankle tags that constantly log a person’s coordinates are part of a growing cadre of experimental surveillance tools that countries around the world are trying out on new arrivals.

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The UK’s GPS Tagging of Migrants Has Been Ruled Illegal

WIRED Threat Level

The UK’s privacy regulator says the government did not take into account the intrusiveness of ankle tags that continuously monitor a person’s location.

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UK ICO Issues Enforcement Notice and Warning to UK Home Office

Hunton Privacy

According to its statement, the ICO had been in discussions with the Home Office since August 2022 regarding its pilot, which involved the use of ankle tags and the GPS location tracking of up to 600 migrants who arrived in the UK and were on immigration bail.

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Google TAG shares details about exploit chains used to install commercial spyware

Security Affairs

Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) discovered several exploit chains targeting Android, iOS, and Chrome to install commercial spyware. Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) shared details about two distinct campaigns which used several zero-day exploits against Android, iOS and Chrome. links sent over SMS to users.

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New Android malicious library Goldoson found in 60 apps +100M downloads

Security Affairs

The Goldoson library was discovered by researchers from McAfee’s Mobile Research Team, it collects lists of applications installed on a device, and a history of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth devices information, including nearby GPS locations. The experts have found more than 60 applications in Google Play that were containing the malicious library.

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The DDR Advantage: Real-Time Data Defense

Security Affairs

DDR would, in effect, “tag” data so that a GPS-type homing beacon would keep a gapless record of where it went, who accessed it, what they did with it, and (with the help of some cyber sleuthing) perhaps why. DDR Knows What Your Data Did Last Summer Then, along came a revolutionary idea.

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Asset lifecycle management strategy: What’s the best approach for your business?

IBM Big Data Hub

Radio frequency identifier tags (RFID): RFID tags broadcast information about the asset they’re attached to using radio-frequency signals and Bluetooth technology. Like EAM and CMMS, asset-tracking capabilities have also improved in recent years due to technological breakthroughs.