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One of the pieces of the giant data puzzle that carriers are able to routinely obtain from a smartphone on its network is geo-location, but unfortunately for customers that data hasn’t been handled all that well. In a report from The Verge , two of the three wireless carriers that were specifically named in a recent in-depth report regarding the misuse of customer geo-location data have responded in a hopefully meaningful way, indicating that change is (finally) coming. As a quick recap, it was recently reported this week by Motherboard that all it took was paying $300 to a bounty hunter and supplying a phone number to track down a device, and its owner, to a specific location. That bounty hunter picked up the data, which required no hacking at all, from a third-party company called Zumigo, which was providing data access from major phone carriers by way of another company called Microbilt — which has been offering its services to several companies for quite some time. The ...

Password sharing is a thing. There’s no denying that. Whether it’s a college campus or family and friends, services like Netflix, Hulu, and others have their content shared all the time. Right out of the gate, that’s not a bad thing. Companies love to have people viewing their content, and it gets word of mouth out there. However, there’s a point where a company reaches a certain maturity level and watching its content get pirated just doesn’t cut it anymore. That’s where a company called Synamedia, which is based out of the United Kingdom, comes in. The Verge has a profile of the company out of CES 2019, and how it will be using artificial intelligence to track down people who share passwords and then share that information with the companies. Synamedia has a platform that companies can buy, which will then be used to analyze data from that company’s user base. From there, Synamedia will be able to see when an account is being accessed, from w...

It isn’t a secret that wireless carriers gather a lot of data from phone users on their networks — yes, even iPhones. But a new report sheds light on why that may be a bigger issue than some may have assumed. Motherboard has a story out on Tuesday that tells the tale of an individual, in this case the author of the article, Joseph Cox, and how Cox cave $300 to a bounty hunter and ultimately discovered that the data that person was capable of gathering was pretty extensive. Cox got permission from someone else to be the target of the test. It only took a phone call and handing over a few hundred dollars to learn the precise location of the target’s phone. According to the report, carriers like AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile are selling customers’ location data to third-party aggregators, but there appears to be a bit of a gray area where that customer information can get purchased by some relatively unsavory characters at the same time. There isn’t much su...

While Apple’s AirPower is nowhere in sight, we have seen quite a few Qi wireless chargers hit the market that can charge the Apple Watch and an iPhone simultaneously. AT&T seems to be working on a similar accessory as per an FCC filing. An FCC filing from AT&T shows the carrier working on the Power Drum Wireless Charger. As the images show, the Power Drum is capable of charging the Apple Watch and an iPhone at the same time. It even comes with a 3,000mAh battery and is capable of Qi wireless charging a device at up to 10W. The Power Drum definitely seems like a handy gadget to have especially if you own an Apple Watch and an iPhone. The integrated battery makes it an ideal device to carry while traveling, though the 3,000mAh battery inside is not going to be enough to fully charge an iPhone XS Max and an Apple Watch at one go. The retail box documentation in the FCC filing only mentions support for Apple Watch Series 1-3, though there’s no reason ...