Hack Exposes Which Apps Leak Your Location

Summary: The video discusses serious security breaches and privacy concerns within major tech platforms and services. Key topics include a hacking incident involving Gravy Analytics, Telegram’s increased user data disclosures, and Apple’s near admission of Siri recording private conversations for targeted advertising.

Keypoints:

• Hackers breached Gravy Analytics, a location data broker selling user coordinates to various third parties.
• 1.4 gigabytes of data related to millions of users was leaked on a Russian cybercrime forum; 10 terabytes were reportedly exfiltrated.
• The leaked data includes tracking information tied to advertising IDs from over 12,000 apps.
• Telegram disclosed the IP addresses and phone numbers of over 2,200 users in response to law enforcement requests, a significant increase from previous years.
• Following the arrest of Telegram’s CEO, the platform changed its privacy policy to disclose user information for all criminal activities.
• Despite cybercriminals’ pledges to leave Telegram, many have continued using the platform due to its established user base and functionalities.
• Apple settled a class action lawsuit for million, which alleged that Siri recorded users’ private conversations for targeted advertising without consent.
• While Apple did not admit guilt in the settlement, the incident contradicts its previous privacy campaign efforts.
• US residents who owned a Siri-enabled device between 2014 and 2024 may claim up to for the settlement if they believe ads served to them were influenced by recorded conversations.