EPISODE · Apr 16, 2026 · 20 MIN
Srsly Risky Biz: Time to ban sale of precise geolocation data
from Risky Bulletin
Tom Uren and Amberleigh Jack talk about a new Citizen Lab report into Webloc, a tool to identify and track mobile devices. It demonstrates how the collection and sale of mobile phone geolocation data presents privacy and national security risks. They also discuss a deep-dive into how a single hacker was able to breach nine Mexican government agencies in just weeks using AI assistants. They enabled the attacker to move much faster. This episode is also available on YouTube Show notes Citizen Lab's Webloc report Gambit's Mexican hack analysis
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Tom Uren and Amberleigh Jack talk about a new Citizen Lab report into Webloc, a tool to identify and track mobile devices. It demonstrates how the collection and sale of mobile phone geolocation data presents privacy and national security risks. They also discuss a deep-dive into how a single hacker was able to breach nine Mexican government agencies in just weeks using AI assistants. They enabled the attacker to move much faster. This episode is also available on YouTube
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Srsly Risky Biz: Time to ban sale of precise geolocation data
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