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Unless you go completely offline, you cannot completely eliminate the risk of being tracked.
Did you know that your wireless earbuds contain a tiny radio transmitter?
Pictures and sound, flying through the air to a box in your house? Back in the 1940s, it seemed like a miracle.
AirTags promise to help find your lost wallet or bag. But at worst, they could be used for stalking, and at best they involve signing up to a global tracking network most users aren’t truly aware of.
Bluetooth wireless communication makes it possible to track when people have been exposed to people infected with the coronavirus. The right cryptography scheme keeps alerts about exposures private.
Bluetooth wireless communication makes it possible to track when people have been exposed to people infected with the coronavirus. The right cryptography scheme keeps alerts about exposures private.
Each device is complex in its own right, and trying to use them together in many different settings makes things even more complicated.
As Amazon introduces a new smart-home device aimed at children, it’s important to know many internet-connected toys are not secure, putting kids’ security and privacy at risk.
Mine communications are complex, slow and unreliable. The solution to keeping miners safe, and rescuing them when disaster strikes, might just be in their hands already.
There are billions of wireless devices around the world and every one has a unique fingerprint. That can be very useful if a device is stolen.
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Associate Professor, Department of Security, Fire and Emergency Management, and Director of Center for Cybercrime Studies, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York