Geolocation and Force Protection

OMG THIS DUDE IS AT THINK COFFEE! Sometimes we get a little too focused in on what the root of a vulnerability is. I find myself thinking this a good bit with the advent of geolocation tagging and “check-ins” as the security world runs around with hair on fire. Rather than accept that our tools and users will be GPS connected and tracked, we take the extreme of labeling it all bad. By doing so we have removed what is a valuable tool to our folks. We can all agree that geolocation unfettered is a bad idea, but can’t we agree that geolocation in and of itself is not? ...

February 20, 2011 · 6 min · Nick