Surveillance Report

This Cloudflare Trick Can Expose Your Location in Signal

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Jan 30, 2025
A troubling new attack method threatens user location privacy on popular platforms like Signal and Discord. Cloudflare's vulnerabilities could allow attackers to track users. The discussion also underscores the risks personal photos pose to privacy, particularly with the AI tool GeoSpy. Recent data breaches in education expose millions to potential threats, while a LinkedIn lawsuit raises eyebrows on data sharing practices. Additionally, the podcast highlights innovative approaches to app security like Accrescent, advocating for better privacy controls online.
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INSIGHT

Cloudflare Location Leak

  • A Cloudflare CDN oversight exposed user locations in messaging apps like Signal.
  • Attackers could pinpoint the data center caching an image, revealing approximate locations.
ADVICE

Mitigating Cloudflare Leak

  • Use a multi-hop VPN to protect yourself from the Cloudflare CDN location leak.
  • This is the easiest way to mitigate the issue without changing your online behavior.
ANECDOTE

PowerSchool Data Breach

  • PowerSchool, a cloud-based service used by schools, suffered a massive data breach.
  • Sensitive data of millions of students, teachers, and administrators across North America was exposed.
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