N-gated Hacker NewsApr 23
🚨 Oh no, surprise surprise! Shady #surveillance #vendors got caught red-handed playing Big Brother with telcos! 📱 Meanwhile, #TechCrunch is more interested in selling #overpriced event tickets like it’s some kind of tech-themed Disneyland. 🎟️✨
https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/surveillance-vendors-caught-abusing-access-to-telcos-to-track-peoples-phone-locations-researchers-say/ #telcos #BigBrother #eventtickets #HackerNews #ngated
Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people's phone locations, researchers say | TechCrunch

The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world.

TechCrunch
Hacker NewsApr 23

Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people's locations

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/surveillance-vendors-caught-abusing-access-to-telcos-to-track-peoples-phone-locations-researchers-say/

#HackerNews #surveillance #privacy #telcos #locationtracking #dataabuse #cybersecurity

Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people's phone locations, researchers say | TechCrunch

The Citizen Lab found two separate surveillance vendors abusing the backbone of cellular networks to spy on several victims across the world.

TechCrunch
PickrApr 9
Mobile reception is patchy in places, but electricity towers could end up giving Australia's biggest telco a bit of a hand thanks to some welcome additions. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/transgrid-to-give-telstra-a-boost-in-rural-australia #news #phones #telcos #energy #telstra #transgrid
PickrApr 5
There's no rest for the wicked, and no safe haven for those who want to save, at least not with the big mobile players, as two of Australia's biggest telcos follow the other big player. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/optus-vodafone-follow-suit-with-mobile-price-increases #news #phones #telcos #optus #vodafone
PickrMar 31
The verdict is in: the government's communications authority is forcing telcos to change how it shows mobile coverage on maps. Not everyone is happy. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/acma-set-to-change-how-coverage-maps-work #news #phones #telcos #acma #government #optus #telstra #tpg #vodafone
PickrMar 27
Not technically MVNOs, the smaller Telstra operators will also rise prices in line with Telstra's own, focused mainly on improvements. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/belong-boost-raise-prices-alongside-telstra #news #telcos #belong #boost #mvno #telstra
PickrMar 24
If you have a Telstra mobile service, it's about to cost a little more. Less so potentially if you use a smaller provider, such as Boost, Belong, and others. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/telstra-set-to-raise-mobile-prices-but-smaller-operators-unaffected #news #phones #telcos #telstra
PickrMar 12
If someone you know is in the Middle East, and you need to reach out, getting a prepaid service or switching carriers might be an option. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/optus-vodafone-open-up-free-calls-to-the-middle-east #news #phones #telcos #internationalroaming #optus #roaming #tpg #vodafone
PickrMar 12
The rules of what constitute mobile reception and reach look set to change this year, and the result could make more sense for why calls drop out when you're in areas where it shouldn't. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/real-world-usability-set-to-define-mobile-coverage #news #phones #telcos #4g #5g #acma #telstra #tpg #vodafone
PickrFeb 15
Following an Optus outage in February 2026, if you have more than just phones using Optus, you may need to literally turn it off and on again. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2026/optus-fixes-outage-but-more-than-phones-need-a-restart #news #phones #telcos #bigfeature #optus #outage #outages