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A new app that helps you find cherished items may well be on its way to helping you find your loved ones. Find My Everything CEO Taylor Baloney is taking her tech startup and Gotcha app to new heights. Baloney developed Gotcha, a waterproof GPS tracking device , in 2017, after the search for her misplaced cell phone became an out-of-state exercise in frustration. Sensing that her experience was a common one, Baloney teamed up with developers to create Gotcha. The app allows users to attach the device to multiple items, then name and track those items on their smartphones or tablets . The app also retains memory, displaying location for days after an item has left the area. Gotcha’s effectiveness, along with a great review from Google Security and Privacy Product Manager Michee Smith , led Baloney to partner with Love Never Fails , a nonprofit dedicated to ending human trafficking. Baloney cemented the partnership with the hope of bringing the exploited and missing home. “Survivors...
GPS trackers can be incredibly handy devices, allowing people to keep up with kids, elderly patients, and more. However, security researchers found flaws in one popular GPS tracker. In a blog post published by U.K. cybersecurity firm Fidus Information Security , researchers said they identified issues with an “extremely common” Alarm & GPS device used by “vulnerable people around the world.” None of the devices are connected to the internet. However, they can be accessed remotely. By simply knowing a phone number, researchers could gain a whole lot of information. That included live GPS data, calling the device and having that call automatically answered, disabling GPRS to render it useful, powering the device off completely, and more. Those are all alarming in terms of safety, especially for a device that is being used by vulnerable people. “This device is marketed at keeping the most vulnerable safe and yet anybody can locate and listen into thousands of people’s lives without...