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Milo JasperJanuary 11, 2023
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US police app SweepWizard, built by ODIN, leaked data, including location and names, on officers, 5,770 suspects, and others due to a simple misconfiguration (Dhruv Mehrotra/Wired)

Dhruv Mehrotra / Wired: US police app SweepWizard, built by ODIN, leaked data, including location and names, on officers, 5,770…
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Milo JasperJanuary 1, 2023
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Google has agreed to pay $29.5M to settle lawsuits with Washington DC and Indiana over location tracking practices, after agreeing to pay ~$392M to 40 US states (Jared Gans/The Hill)

Jared Gans / The Hill: Google has agreed to pay $29.5M to settle lawsuits with Washington DC and Indiana over…
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Milo JasperDecember 23, 2022
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@ElonJet returns as @ElonJetNextDay, tracking Elon Musk's jet with a 24-hour delay, complying with Twitter rules forbidding sharing others' real-time location (Jess Weatherbed/The Verge)

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge: @ElonJet returns as @ElonJetNextDay, tracking Elon Musk’s jet with a 24-hour delay, complying with Twitter…
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Milo JasperDecember 14, 2022
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netflixgurwin thestreamable | Sources: Twitter is considering forcing all users to opt in to personalized ads and location data sharing, but may let Blue users opt out of personalized ads (Platformer)

Twitter is considering forcing all users to opt in to personalized ads and location data sharing, but may let…
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