There's Waldo! Tracking Users via Mobile Apps

There's Waldo! Tracking Users via Mobile Apps

Sure you assume the NSA can track you, but due to insecure mobile apps, it may be possible for anyone else to track you too. Mobile apps often leverage user location data to provide a custom experience. Unfortunately, as our case studies show, this is often done insecurely, revealing users’ location and compromising privacy.

We will be presenting a case study detailing how we were able to track tens of thousands of users actual locations in realtime, determine pattern of life, and subsequently determine true identities. Using a targeted approach we show just how easy it might be to reveal the identity of and track your favorite athlete, politician, or movie star.

Come for the war stories, leave with best practices and lessons learned!

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