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Google Devices Might Be Giving Away Your Home Location Google Devices Might Be Giving Away Your Home Location

Google Devices Might Be Giving Away Your Home Location

Anyone with a smartphone is familiar with location-based services that can triangulate and share your GPS coordinates. It’s one thing when you’re using Google Maps on the go, but this same technology is also be used in smart home devices – and it could lead criminals right to your front door.

Craig Young of Tripwire discovered and reported a vulnerability that allows a hacker to infect Google smart devices like Google Home or Chromecast with malware. From there, they can access a list of networks detected near your device, such as your neighbors’ Wi-Fi networks. Using Google Maps’ triangulation function, the hacker can pinpoint exactly where your device is located with a high degree of accuracy.


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