Hackers Can Abuse Apple’s Wi-Fi Positioning System to Track Users Globally

A recent study by security researchers has revealed a major privacy vulnerability in Apple’s Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS) that allows hackers to track the locations of Wi-Fi access points and their owners globally. Researchers from the University of Maryland published their findings, which reveal that an unprivileged attacker can exploit Apple’s crowdsourced location tracking system […]

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