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news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

Major security flaw exposes the real-time location of thousands of cops

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Major security flaw exposes the real-time location of thousands of cops

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news@lemmings.worldEnglish · 3 months ago

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A hacker built a tool to track police officers. Then he tried to warn them

A security flaw means the location of devices used by police, potentially including undercover officers and those travelling home, is visible to anyone with a phone or laptop.

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I mean, this should be possible with mesh core devices and some elbow grease I think

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