Pet Tracking Apps Leaking Information on Users, Study Finds

Pet Tracking Apps Leaking Information on Users, Study Finds
The Canhe-Fit dog activity tracker is displayed at the CES 2016 consumer electronics show in Las Vegas on Jan. 7, 2016. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
Katabella Roberts
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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.
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