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Old 19th June 2018, 11:05   #1
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Default Google will fix Home and Chromecast bug that reveals your location

Don't look now, but your Google Home speaker or Chromecast could give away your whereabouts... for a little while, that is. Google has promised a fix for an authentication vulnerability that lets attackers obtain your location using the company's dev...

https://www.engadget.com/2018/06/18/...ecast-devices/
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