{"id":279510,"date":"2024-04-26T07:41:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T14:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=331109"},"modified":"2025-07-01T16:37:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T23:37:43","slug":"this-application-could-expose-your-precise-location-without-you-knowing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/this-application-could-expose-your-precise-location-without-you-knowing-it\/","title":{"rendered":"This application could expose your precise location without you knowing it."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been discovered that a popular location tracking application has been exposing the <strong>data<\/strong> of millions of its users. The application in question is <strong>iSharing<\/strong>, which allows users to send locations to close friends and family.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Google Maps\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/95612986-96d5-11e6-af7c-00163ec9f5fa\/2801963717\/google-maps-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Google Maps<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-maps.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-maps.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.techradar.com\/pro\/security\/phone-tracking-app-with-millions-of-users-has-a-major-security-flaw-that-can-expose-precise-locations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"Techradar\">Techradar<\/a>, it was security researcher <strong>Eric Daigle<\/strong> who discovered the flaw. Through this error, Daigle was able to <strong>obtain the exact coordinates of each user<\/strong>, even if they were not actively sharing their location.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If that wasn&#8217;t enough, Daigle discovered that he could not only find out the location of users, but also their <strong>personal data<\/strong>. This included <strong>profile pictures, names, phone numbers<\/strong> and even <strong>email addresses<\/strong> of the accounts. The researcher has published the findings on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ericdaigle.ca\/isharing-data-leak-writeup\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" title=\"personal blog\">personal blog<\/a>, where he breaks them down in quite a detailed way.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2024\/04\/gps-mobile-sharing-1024x576-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-279514\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Diagle discovered the flaw in iSharing while conducting research on security in location tracking applications. In this case, he found that iSharing&#8217;s servers did not properly control who could access location data, leaving a dangerous &#8220;open door&#8221; to private information.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the face of the magnitude of the error, iSharing co-founder Yongjae Chuh has come out to express his &#8220;<strong>gratitude<\/strong>&#8221; to Daigle for discovering such a security hole. Shortly after, the developers implemented an update to fix the flaw.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Google Maps\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/95612986-96d5-11e6-af7c-00163ec9f5fa\/2801963717\/google-maps-logo\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Google Maps<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-maps.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-maps.en.softonic.com\/android\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been discovered that a popular location tracking application has been exposing the data of millions of its users. The application in question is iSharing, which allows users to send locations to close friends and family. According to Techradar, it was security researcher Eric Daigle who discovered the flaw. Through this error, Daigle was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/this-application-could-expose-your-precise-location-without-you-knowing-it\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;This application could expose your precise location without you knowing it.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9211,"featured_media":279512,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":3},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-279510","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279510","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9211"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279510"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279510\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313534,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279510\/revisions\/313534"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279510"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279510"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279510"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=279510"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=279510"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=279510"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}