If you use Waze, hackers can stalk you

Image: The Waze logo, under surveillance by cameras. Elena Scotti/FUSION

fusion.net - April 26th 2016 - Kashmir Hill

Millions of drivers use Waze, a Google-owned navigation app, to find the best, fastest route from point A to point B. And according to a new study, all of those people run the risk of having their movements tracked by hackers.

Researchers at the University of California-Santa Barbara recently discovered a Waze vulnerability that allowed them to create thousands of “ghost drivers” that can monitor the drivers around them—an exploit that could be used to track Waze users in real-time.

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