- It's interesting to me that other trackers have end-to-end encryption. I wouldn't have expected it but makes sense for the threat model.
> Providerslike Apple and Google achieve location indistinguishability by end-to-end encrypting location information using a public key embedded in BLE advertisements emitted by a tag
Though it makes me wonder... What's the private key? If the public key is attached to the tag, how is the device getting it?
- I dont get why this is really an issue when there are devices on Temu you can easily buy that are actually designed for stalking. Why would anybody with a genuine nefarious purpose spend their time hacking a tile when they can just buy a generic Chinese gps transponder?
- Last author on the paper here (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.00350). Happy to answer any questions!
- Paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.00350
by user00005
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- It isn't that difficult to just not lose things.
People love to over complicate their lives with technology, giving up money and privacy in the process.
- Does anyone know whether https://mygrid.app/ is trustworthy? Development had been glacial, but looking at their website it seems they finally support degoogled android which is a huge step forwards.
by dreamcompiler
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- This explains why I'm seeing commercials for Life360 now for the first time ever: They've developed a new revenue stream by selling everybody's location to advertisers.
Now deleted from my family's phones.
- What the hell is Tile?
- "But, but, the Tile TOS says they'll fine a stalker a million dollars!"
Life360 is such a skeevy bullshit company.
by kerrieshitz
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by octoberfranklin
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- BBP;DR (Broken Bot Protection; Didn't Read)
Loops forever at
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