Apps that allow owners to track their pets may be leaking information on users, a team of computer scientists at Newcastle University and the Royal Holloway, University of London, have warned.
The findings were published in a report from the 2022 IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy Workshops, part of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.
The experts examined 40 popular tracking apps for “farm and companion animals” available for Android devices from March to July 2021, using a range of methods and tools to perform various security assessments including static, dynamic, and network traffic analysis.
Apps included PoochPlay and FarmWizard, among others….