Episode

Srsly Risky Biz: Time to ban sale of precise geolocation data

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Risky Bulletin
Published
Apr 16, 2026
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1248
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Summary

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