FindMyWeb: Apple Find My, reverse enginiered(codeberg.org)
40 points by Velocifyer | 8 comments
Codeberg repository for FindMyWeb, an open-source web app and Zephyr-based firmware for building your own trackers on Apple's Find My network.
#location-tracking on Hacker News
10 stories tagged location-tracking, newest first.
Nearly all 19 car brands send driver data to third parties (Northeastern/CR)(news.auravision.co)
18 points by plc | 10 comments
An Auravision brief on a Northeastern University and Consumer Reports study finding nearly all automakers share driver data like GPS and driving behavior with third parties.
I decompiled the White House's new app(thereallo.dev)
600 points by amarcheschi | 217 comments
Blog post decompiling the official White House Android app, reporting a cookie/paywall bypass injector, GPS tracking every 4.5 minutes, and remotely loaded JavaScript.
Microsoft 365 now tracks you in real time?(ztechtalk.com)
320 points by imalerba | 252 comments
ZTechTalk news article claiming Microsoft 365 (Teams) now tracks employees' location or presence in real time, ending the "cover for me" excuse.
Surveillance data challenges what we thought we knew about location tracking(lighthousereports.com)
418 points by _tk_ | 102 comments
Lighthouse Reports investigation "Surveillance Secrets", co-published with outlets like Der Spiegel and Le Monde, on leaked surveillance data revealing global phone location tracking.
Turning a Bluetooth device into an Apple AirTag without root privileges(nroottag.github.io)
462 points by layer8 | 78 comments
Project page for a USENIX Security 2025 paper from George Mason University showing how a Bluetooth device can be turned into an Apple AirTag-like tracker without root privileges.
Everyone knows your location: tracking myself down through in-app ads(timsh.org)
1751 points by apokryptein | 552 comments
Blog post in which the author investigates how in-app advertising leaks his geolocation data, prompted by the Gravy Analytics data leak.
Openhaystack: Build 'AirTags' – track Bluetooth devices via Apple's network(github.com)
437 points by thunderbong | 108 comments
GitHub repository for OpenHaystack, a framework from SEEMOO Lab for tracking personal Bluetooth devices via Apple's Find My network.
Apple allows some iOS apps to track user locations via lists of nearby SSIDs(wingu.se)
722 points by lloyds_barclays | 264 comments
Blog post arguing that Apple's iOS HotspotHelper API, available since iOS 9, lets apps infer user locations from nearby Wi-Fi networks without user authorization.
Discovering that a Bluetooth car battery monitor is siphoning location data(doubleagent.net)
649 points by x1sec | 267 comments
Blog post reverse engineering a BLE car battery monitor whose app sends GPS, cell tower and Wi-Fi location data to servers in Hong Kong and China.