
How to keep your eyes open when you’re in a rush: Smartphones are tracking you
A new study by a Boston University researcher shows that people using smartphones are being tracked in a way that makes them more vulnerable to surveillance.
The study, published in the Journal of Privacy and Technology, was based on a survey of nearly 600 people and has been downloaded more than a million times.
“We know that many people have smartphones, but the devices are tracking the people they are using them for, not just the devices themselves,” said the study’s lead author, Dr. Christopher Z. Kosten, a postdoctoral fellow at Boston University.
The new study looked at more than 50,000 people, ages 15 to 59, who use smartphones at least once a month.
The people were asked how often they used their smartphones and how often the devices were used.
The researchers found that most people were not concerned about privacy issues.
They reported that they would use their phones frequently, and they would look at their phones whenever they needed information about someone else.
For example, a person might use his or her smartphone to check the weather, but would not be bothered if he or she saw a neighbor walking by.
But many people said they were not as careful.
“It’s like when you put on your seatbelt and it doesn’t feel comfortable,” said Dr. Kasten.
“That’s the thing we want to find out, is that people are more vulnerable when they’re not thinking about privacy and privacy is more vulnerable in this world of smartphones than it is in the past.”
The survey also found that many smartphones had sensors in them that track how often a person used them, how often he or her looked at them and how long they took to use them.
“There’s a lot of potential for this sort of information to be tracked and it could lead to people being put in situations where they don’t want to be,” said Kostelin.
“For example, people might be texting or driving, and there’s no way to know who that person is, so we have to assume that they have the same kind of device, which is a little scary.”
It is unclear why people use their smartphones so often, but many argue that smartphones offer a more convenient way to communicate with others, especially when using social media.
“With social media, it’s easy to be in touch with people, and it’s much more complicated to have someone on your phone,” said John Stoltz, an assistant professor of psychology at Rutgers University.
“But if you’re using social networks, you’re much less likely to have those conversations.”
The study also found, however, that a large majority of people who used smartphones reported that their smartphone was always on and always in use.
The majority of smartphone owners, however — 57 percent — also said that the device was not always on when they were in the middle of using it.
This means that some people may not be aware that their devices are being used to spy on them.
However, it is unclear whether the devices in question are being scanned, monitored or shared in this way.
It is also unclear how much the data that the devices collect is being shared, or whether it is being used for more than just a specific person.
“This study is interesting in that it shows that we’re getting into the habit of being more aware of our own use of technology,” said Stoltzer.
“I think it shows us a lot about the way technology is used and it shows how the people using it are going to use it in the future.”
While the study did not explore privacy issues specifically, it does highlight how technology is being developed that may make it easier for surveillance.
A recent study published in Science found that researchers have been working on ways to scan smartphones for vulnerabilities and vulnerabilities in the hardware itself.
One of the key findings is that smartphones have sensors in their sensors, but are not equipped with a way to automatically analyze how often these sensors are being monitored.
“Our sensor technology can actually be used to look at the physical location of a smartphone and potentially see how many times the sensor is used to detect objects,” said Professor Chris Stoltze, a professor of technology and public policy at Rutgers.
“So, when we’re looking at that data, we can see that there’s a very high likelihood that the data is being recorded on the device itself, and that it’s being used in ways that are not beneficial to us.”
For example in the study, the researchers tested whether using their devices was increasing the chances of a physical surveillance violation.
They also tested the use of a device with a GPS that they found that was being used more than the other devices.
“The results of our study suggest that people’s use of their smartphones may be increasing the likelihood of violations of the law,” Stoltzel said.
“And we think that’s a big problem.”