Hacker Accesses Internal ‘Tile’ Tool That Provides Location Data to Cops
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Hacker Accesses Internal ‘Tile’ Tool That Provides Location Data to Cops
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A hacker broke into systems used by Tile, the tracking company, then stole a wealth of customer data and had access to internal company tools.
@henfredemars@infosec.pub
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Paywall.

But by the title, very disappointing to hear.

@disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
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They also share personal, location, and motion data with third-party advertisers as well as driving analytics services.

We may disclose your personal information to our vendors and consultants who help us provide our Services or who perform services on our behalf, such as accounting, managerial, technical, email or chat services, marketing or analytic services, fraud prevention, bot detection, web hosting, and to other third-party partners or Service Providers to provide services or features to our members on our behalf or on behalf of our permitted business partners.

We may disclose personal information, including contact information and location and movement data, mobile device information (such as information generated by the gyroscope and accelerometer in your device), application analytics (including IP address and device identifiers), technical and analytical data, and driving event data with third-party partners that provide certain features and services you elect to use through or in connection with our Products or Service, to the extent that they are available in your country or region of residence. Some examples are as follows:

Crash Detection and Emergency Dispatch Services; Roadside assistance; Identity theft protection; and Driving analytics services.

https://life360-legal.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/16038777217175-Life360-Privacy-Policy

@refalo@programming.dev
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may

may

where’s the proof that they do?

@helenslunch@feddit.nl
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Pro-tip: anytime they say “may” they mean “do”.

Archy
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Pro tip #2.
Any time they have your stuff - they will use it (sell it) sooner or later. Zero knowledge is the answer

@refalo@programming.dev
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I prefer hard evidence to FUD

@helenslunch@feddit.nl
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I am not uncertain, there is no doubt. You should be afraid.

@jabathekek@sopuli.xyz
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Identity theft protection

heh.

@henfredemars@infosec.pub
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Oof. Us and over one hundred of our closest friends.

@jabathekek@sopuli.xyz
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Not surprised though.

https://archive.ph/yJgue

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