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Non-privacy of this person is currently sleeping data is very bad as well, for different reasons. You know, now that I'm thinking about it, I'm beginning to wo
by willturman 8mo ago
Non-privacy of this person is currently sleeping data is very bad as well, for different reasons.
You know, now that I'm thinking about it, I'm beginning to wonder if poor data privacy could have some negative effects.
- fc417fc802 8mo agoUnsecured fitness monitor data revealed military guard post (IIRC) activity a while back.
- werrett 8mo agoYawp. T’was Strava. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracking-app-gives-away-location-of-secret-us-army-bases https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracki...
- iririririr 8mo agonot because you knew how much someone worked out. But because it had GPS.
- fc417fc802 8mo agoTrue. But keep in mind that other less obvious data sources can often lead to similar issues. For example phone accelerometer data can be used to precisely locate someone driving in a car in a city by comparing it with a street map. In the context of the military even just inferring a comprehensive map of which people are on which shift and when they change might be considered a threat.
- thayne 8mo agoIt sounds like there was "presence in room" data as well, which could be very bad
- andai 8mo agoThis is the easiest signal though, on basically any account. You can see the time that communication happens, and the times when it doesn't. For example a while back I wanted to map out my sleep cycle and I found a tool that charts your browser history over a 24 hour period, and it mapped almost perfectly to my sleep / wake periods.