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Questions tagged [gps]

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Mitigate Time Spoofing Attack

Say Alice receives synchronized time from Tina the timekeeper. Say Ted spoofs a GPS signal, fooling Tina about the current time. Tina sends this fake time to Alice. What can Alice do to avoid being too seriously fooled? Are there implementations…
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How can GNSS spoofing be so easy? Don't the satellites sign their messages?

BBC News reports that a new study accuses Russia of massive GPS spoofing (see also this linked blog article). I am surprised that this is so easy¹, in particular since GPS originates as a military system. Couldn't such spoofing be quite simply…
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Image upload meta information

I'm coding an app that allows registered users (anyone who registers) to upload images to my nodejs background (processing with sharpjs).. I remove the exif section of the image for security. However I have realised that in-fact gps section of exif…
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Can Apple Devices Give Away Location to Hackers?

In a hypothetical scenario, I am travelling with my iPhone to, let's say, New Zealand. I stop at some random hotel and simply stay there doing nothing but staring at a wall for days with no interaction with my phone whatsoever. Is it possible for…
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GPS vs Telecom companies

My phone is able to give me an exact position of my whereabous, using Google Maps I am able to pinpoint my exact location. However, what can the phone telecom company see? I've read many different forensics cases in my country, and none are able to…
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Security risk with Garmin GPS device

The IT dept at work refuses to install Garmin software on our PCs because they say that connect a Garmin GPS device to a machine is a security risk. What is the risk?
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Is it possible to spoof a GPS satellite?

If it is possible? Any devices that can be bought to do so. If not, how are GPS satellites are designed to be spoof-free.
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How far is my Access Point BSSID sent in my internet packets?

My question relates to this question: How does Google know where I am? and ask a similar question to this (but that accepted answer doesn't pertain to BSSIDs). The chosen answer in my first linked question describes a large database of previously…
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At What Point Does A Device Correspond/Link to its Owner?

I am aware that governments, organizations and hackers can do a plethora of things to your device (i.e. track your location, tap calls, etc.), but I can only assume that they can only do these things if they know for sure that the device they are…
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How google track phone data for traffic

I heard that google map's traffic details are populated using mobile user's gps data. Is this a true statement ? If it is true , can google track our data without our consent ? If all mobile phones's gps data is off, How can google track these…
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Does a Honda Civic send vehicle telemetry to its servers?

I recently read an article by the IEEE on Tesla's vehicle telemetry and after reading that, I also realised that Honda Civics also have vehicle infotainment systems, including in-cabin microphones. However, I couldn't find any resources online…
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Implementing geo-location factor for authentication

I recently had an idea about this: Why is the geo-location not used as authentication to ensure ownership of an account/login in addition to a password? This would work over GPS which is quite precise nowadays, up to 5 metres or so. I see that…
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When GPS is spoofed in a smartphone, does this affect whatever is being monitored?

When GPS is spoofed in a smartphone, does this affect whatever is being monitored? Suppose I spoof the GPS on my smartphone, such as lazy Pokemon GO players do to play from their couch. Will this spoof be transmitted to a surveillance agency that…
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VPN + GPS spoofing: better on Wifi or Mobile Data?

I have asked related questions here and here. I would like to follow up with another related question: suppose I am running VPN + GPS spoofing to hide my phone location. Will third-party apps find it easier to detect my location on mobile data or…
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Will GPS spoofing + VPN on mobile hide location?

Suppose I turn on "developer" mode on my Android mobile phone and install a professional GPS spoofing app and a professional VPN app. Developer mode will allow the GPS spoofing app to overwrite my GPS location on the phone, whilst the VPN will…
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