I was thinking of buying some of these for some cars that are rarely driven... You need to install an app on your phone to use these. It turns out that the app is pretty abusive.
- The product collects GPS co-ordinates, cell phone tower data and nearby Wifi beacons
- Location data is sent over the Internet to servers in Hong Kong and mainland China
- App store misleads consumers by stating that no personal data is collected or shared. Since the Android app requires location permissions to use the hardware device, users are effectively forced to continuously broadcast their physical location to 3rd parties in order to use the product.
Bluetooth Battery Monitors That Also Monitor Your Position, Without Asking
These days Bluetooth-based gadgets are everywhere, including for car and solar batteries. After connecting them up to the battery, you download the accompanying app on your smartphone, open it up a…
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Part 1 - Discovering that your Bluetooth car battery monitor is siphoning up your location data
Reverse engineering an Android app for a Bluetooth connected car battery monitor with some startling discoveries
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Part 2 - An analysis of location tracking in the AMap mobile SDK
A deep dive into the location tracking functionality of a popular location SDK package
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