When GPS means Global Pwning System

from here and here

Here I was thinking that the worse case scenario for a GPS tracker was that it broadcasts your location, but it turns out that's the least of your worries if you have one of these GPS units installed in your vehicle.

They'll get you one way or another

from here and here (image source)

We get so focused on one particular tracking technology sometimes that we forget how many others there are and that we can be tracked any number of different ways.

They don't call them duh-fault passwords for nothing

from here (source article, image)

Device manufacturers really aren't doing enough to educate the public on how to use their products securely, but in this case it seems like the manufacturers themselves don't understand security. Why even have a password at all if you're going to leave things this wide open?

Always change the 'duh'-fault password

from here

Just another reminder of how important it is to change the default password on your devices, whether that's your router or the GPS trackers you have installed in your fleet of cars.

Sometimes smart things are dumb

from here and here

The entire concept just begs for someone to say "what could possibly go wrong", but it turns out what could go wrong already has and little is being done to fix it.

Smart devices will rat you out

from here

Apparently some crooks are more health conscious than they are OpSec conscious. Fitness gadgets are notorious for being glorified tracking devices. I don't want to tell criminals how to do their jobs (I don't want to make it harder for the cops to catch them) but this hitman with a GPS watch should be an object lesson.