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Tag Archives: location
Skype flaw reveals users’ location, file-downloading habits
Researchers have found a flaw in Skype, the popular Voice-over-Internet-Protocol service which allows users to make video phone calls and internet chat with their computers. The vulnerability can expose your location, identity and the content you’re downloading. Microsoft, which owns Skype, says they are working on the problem. Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Mac Rumors, Technology
Tagged allows-users, apple, content, flaw-reveals, location, make-video, phone-calls, popular, problem, service-which, skype, your-location
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App Guide: iOS people locators
Wondering where everybody is? These iOS apps can help you track down friends and family — or let other people know your location. Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Apple News, Apple Rumors, Mac News, Mac Rumors
Tagged apple, guide, location, people, people-know, people-locators, track-down
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Mac Gems: Sidekick changes your Mac’s settings based on your location
Between recognizing where you’re at and letting you manually change groups of settings, Sidekick avoids most of the tedium of adapting your Mac to your current location. Continue reading
Posted in Apple Rumors, Mac News
Tagged change-groups, current, location, settings-based, sidekick, tedium, the-tedium, your-current, your-location
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Google lets Wi-Fi hotspot owners opt out of location service
Bowing to pressure from European privacy regulators, Google will soon allow owners of Wi-Fi access points to opt out of a Google service that allows smartphone owners to identify their location without using GPS. Continue reading
Posted in Apple News
Tagged access-points, allow-owners, allows-smartphone, european, gps, hotspot-owners, location, opt-out, privacy-regulators, will-soon
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