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As the person who found this bug: I certainly don't condone any kind of misuse like this. I strictly tested only against people with whom I had prior agreement.
by nneonneo 8y ago
As the person who found this bug: I certainly don't condone any kind of misuse like this. I strictly tested only against people with whom I had prior agreement.
My hope is that a vulnerability like this sparks the right public discussion to get real change effected in a positive way, but in the current political climate I am sadly not optimistic.
- JumpCrisscross 8y agoThank you for your work uncovering this. Having entertained myself with something glib, let me offer something useful. Groups I encourage you consider reaching out to: 1. The National Security Whisleblowers Coalition http://nswbc.org/contact_us.htm http://nswbc.org/contact_us.htm 2. The ACLU https://www.aclu.org/contact-us https://www.aclu.org/contact-us 3. The EFF https://www.eff.org/security https://www.eff.org/security 4. Your State Attorney General, Congressperson and U.S. Senators. http://www.naag.org/naag/attorneys-general/whos-my-ag.php http://www.naag.org/naag/attorneys-general/whos-my-ag.php 5. Jennifer Valentino DeVries https://jennifervalentinodevries.com/contact/ https://jennifervalentinodevries.com/contact/ (Jennifer wrote a recent story for the New York Times about cell phone tracking abuse [1]. Krebs links to her story in his post.) [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/technology/cellphone-tracking-law-enforcement.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/technology/cellphone-trac...
- gcb0 8y agoWrite to a congressman, explain you are going to track his cellphone like you could any other american, for science, and say that if he/she is not ok just reply your email in 48h (or whatever is the SLA they mention for a response). Done, approval granted. :)