You can track someone on Google Maps as long as the person you want to track has opted into sharing their location.

News broke last week that a company has been tracking millions of smartphone users over long periods of time without any opt-in permission or notification, potentially violating state and federal laws ...

OS 26 introduces a new Apple Maps feature called Visited Places, which records and categorizes all your location history - ...

Instagram launched a slew of new features on Wednesday — and users say one of them is a win for stalkers. The new Instagram Map allows users to share their real-time location with followers. With ...

Snapchat is adding new location tracking abilities to its parental control features. The changes will give parents new visibility into their children’s Snap Map settings and allow them to keep tabs on ...

University of Otago researchers have developed algorithms that improve the precision of location tracking in smartwatches, a ...

CNN’s Don Riddell ponders whether it’s appropriate to continue monitoring the whereabouts of his sons with a tracking app now that they are young adults in college.

LONDON — Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life, but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you’ve been — if you let them. When you use a map app to find the ...

To turn off location tracking on Snapchat, you should turn on "Ghost Mode," which can be found in the app's settings.

You know that little GPS icon that pops up when an app is using your location? That’s the polite part. The tip of the iceberg. The warm handshake before your phone whispers your every movement to Big ...

The climate is changing. Nowhere is that more apparent than in our oceans, marked by crashing fish stocks and an abundance of floating plastic waste. These shifts are not just statistics—they are ...

A team of researchers found that, by not encrypting the data broadcast by Tile tags, users could be vulnerable to having ...