#geolocation

Markus Kastelitz @legalmemory@legal.social · Jul 31, 2026

New paper: The problems with "sensitive data" in EU law - and whether, or when, location data should be considered to constitute such data by Douwe Korff :: SSRN https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7205278 #GDPR #sensitivedata #locationdata #privacy #Datenschutz #geolocation

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mxk @mxk@hachyderm.io · Jul 31, 2026

Google found a solution for Google Maps/Earth being too useful as a tool for location verification. Now you can get AI generated fake locations right in Google Earth. ✨ https://blog.google/products-and-platforms/products/earth/nano-banana-google-earth-image-generation/ #osint #geolocation #GoogleEarth

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Terence Eden @Edent@mastodon.social · Jul 22, 2026

🆕 blog! “Scattered thoughts on social geolocation” I want to be able to share my location with my friends on social media. Twitter (RIP) had a way to attach an optional location to a post. Facebook still lets me check in to venues. But neither ActivityPub (Mastodon) nor AT Protocol (BlueSky) allow me … 👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/07/scattered-thoughts-on-social-geolocation/ ⸻ #ActivityPub #BlueSky #fediverse #FourSquare #geolocation #json #openstandards #OpenStreetMap

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Simon Zerafa @simonzerafa@infosec.exchange · Jul 14, 2026

Never underestimate the power of OSINT and pissed off animal lovers. Important: The initial few minutes of the video shows public mistreatment of a bulldog, which is the reason behind the OSINT search: https://youtu.be/nzytWZPyuEw This video walks through a text-based semantic search methodology for narrowing a large geolocation search space. The case study involves identifying the exact location of a short video taken somewhere in London. First, OS Open Roads dataset was used to identify the ~80k candidate T-junctions. Next, OSM was used to filter to the ~20k junctions on 2-lane roads, and Google street view panos pulled for these. Lastly, CLIP / SigLIP models were used to score against natural-language prompts describing visible features in the footage. #OSINT #GIS #GeoLocation #Dog #London

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PrivacyDigest @PrivacyDigest@mas.to · Jul 18, 2026

#ICE to Pay #ThomsonReuters $125 Million to Find ‘Voter Fraud’ The Department of #HomelandSecurity (#DHS ) plans to pay data broker giant Thomson #Reuters $125 million for access to its databases of personal data — which includes peoples’ names, addresses, #SocialSecurity numbers, ethnicity, #socialmedia posts, and #geolocation information — to help #Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigate what it describes as “voters fraud” and immigration fraud, according to procurement documents reviewed by 404 Media. The document says Thomson Reuters is able to let ICE continuously monitor millions of people and entities of interest. #ssn #privacy #voterfraud #voter #vote #elections https://www.404media.co/ice-to-pay-thomson-reuters-125-million-to-find-voter-fraud/

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Miguel Afonso Caetano @remixtures@tldr.nettime.org · Jun 30, 2026

"The Supreme Court ruled on Monday that people have an expectation of privacy from the government as their mobile devices track them throughout their daily activities, even when that information is shared with companies like Google and Apple. The 6-3 decision in Chatrie v. United States extends Fourth Amendment protections to data that people hand over to tech companies, meaning police need a warrant to obtain it. Justices Samuel Alito, Amy Coney Barrett and Clarence Thomas dissented. The Trump administration argued that users did not have an expectation of privacy after voluntarily sharing their location data with companies like Google. “An individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in records about his cell phone’s location, and police intrude on that constitutionally protected interest when they demand the information — even though for only a limited time, and from a third-party tech company,” Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the majority. The case involves a 2019 bank robbery in Virginia, where police arrested Okello Chatrie after using a geofence warrant to locate all devices near the scene of the crime." https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/29/supreme-court-location-data-ruling-00979929 #USA #Privacy #FourthAmendment #Geolocation #Surveillance

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AI6YR Ben @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org · May 20, 2026

Replying to @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org

I guess I need to move my point over a few feet. Good guess though! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chatsworth_train_collision #disasters #geolocation

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Analyst207 @Analyst207@mastodon.social · Jun 27, 2026

ATF Scraps Ad-Surveillance Contract Amid Privacy Concerns The ATF has scrapped a contract with Penlink for a commercial location-surveillance capability that raised eyebrows over privacy concerns, after the agency's director revealed they had been tracking people's locations through ad-tech data. The move comes as a win for those concerned about government overreach and data protection. https://osintsights.com/atf-scraps-ad-surveillance-contract-amid-privacy-concerns?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social #PrivacyConcerns #AdSurveillance #Geolocation #LawEnforcement #Atf

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PrivacyDigest @PrivacyDigest@mas.to · May 05, 2026

#DHS Demanded #Google Surrender Data on Canadian’s Activity, Location Over Anti-ICE Posts Using a 1930s trade law, #HomelandSecurity targeted the man—who hasn’t entered the US in more than a decade—following posts on X condemning the killings of #ReneeGood and #AlexPretti. #ice #Canada #privacy #security #geolocation https://www.wired.com/story/dhs-demanded-google-surrender-data-on-canadians-activity-location-over-anti-ice-posts/

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