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Saptamana trecuta am stat de vorba cu James Lawson de la ITWeb despre location-based services si implicatiilor lor, atat in securitatea personala de zi cu zi, cat si in securitatea informatica. Cateva quote-uri si un link catre articolul complet:

As devices become more connected to the Internet, so their ability to connect to social networks has increased. While location-based technology provides trend-setting social media services, the potential for its misuse potentially outweighs its usefulness.

This is the view of Stefan Tanase, senior security researcher at Kaspersky Lab’s EEMEA global research and analysis team, who adds that location-based technology is the ‘next big thing’, creating a series of hot topics on a public timeline in the user’s own city and area.

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Tanase says this can also create an online threat. “Criminals usually seek personal data for identity theft. Providing location-based information gives them additional information to further recreate your persona.

“Before the advent of Web 2.0, criminals had a far more difficult time collecting information for their targeted attacks,” he says, adding that criminals were more reliant on social engineering to get personal information.

“But with social networks we see the trend of criminals being able to access publicly available information from the Internet – which gives them an edge.”

He adds that geo-location technologies are being used to fool people into accessing Web pages infected with malicious code. Criminals can use information from an IP address to locate where a user is, and tailor false articles based on their location to drive them through to sites where malicious code exploits vulnerabilities in their browser, he explains.

“Twitter and Facebook are usually more active and more open,” says Tanase, adding that there is a quick turnover of information with these regularly used sites. He explains that location information is always fresh. “This provides an opportunity for criminals to know where you are and act appropriately.”

Articolul complet pe site-ul IT Web: Locating your privacy