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Researchers track mobile phone locations with cheap hardware and open-source software

Researchers track mobile phone locations with cheap hardware and open-source software | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it

While cop shows have shown us that it's easy for service providers to track a person's location via their mobile phone, researchers at the University of Minnesota have revealed it's also an easy task for hackers. Using a cheap phone and open source software, the researchers were able to track the location of mobile phone users without their knowledge on the GSM network, which is estimated to serve 80 percent of the global mobile market.

 
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Why Your Mobile Analytics Kit Wants To Be Open Source - ReadWrite

Why Your Mobile Analytics Kit Wants To Be Open Source - ReadWrite | Peer2Politics | Scoop.it


Open source is different things to different people: software licensing scheme, business model, development model or community model.

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