How Apple Wi-Fi Positioning System Can Be Abused to Track People Around the World

In depth Scientists have suggested that Apple’s Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) could be exploited to create a global privacy nightmare. In an article titled ‘Surveilling the Masses with Wi-Fi-Based Positioning Systems’, Erik Rye, a PhD student at the University of Maryland (UMD) in the US, and Dave Levin, associate professor at UMD, describe how design … Read more