Today, my research group @ Georgia Tech released a paper on vulnerabilities in Tile --- the second largest device finding network after Apple's AirTags. You can read about it in Wired, reporting by @kimzetter.bsky.social! www.wired.com/story/tile-t...
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- Tile's servers can track all users at all times, acting as a mass surveillance network - Tile's anti-theft mode turns off stalking alerts, which is itself easily circumvented - Tile's design makes it possible for RF adversaries to stalk users Full paper: mikespecter.com/assets/pdf/t...
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BTW, the lead author is Akshaya Kumar, a fantastic PhD student at GT: akumar805.github.io
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Oh, and subsequent reporting in the verge, with comments from @evacide.bsky.social www.theverge.com/news/787836/...
theverge.comTile’s lack of encryption could make tracker owners vulnerable to stalkingIts anti-stalking features are reportedly too easy to circumvent.