Accelerometers are quite the engineering feat, allowing users to control various things on the software-end by simply moving around their handsets. However, researchers have found that accelerometers ...

Security researchers have tracked commuters with over 90 percent accuracy through accelerometer data stolen from Android smartphones. In a paper describing the research, titled "We Can Track You If ...

Mobile device accelerometers emit uniquely identifiable data that could be used to track users without permission. Minute manufacturing imperfections in popular accelerometers cause that hardware to ...

We all know that advertisers use a number of different methods to track us in some way or another, and new reports are suggesting that our device's accelerometer is no exception. Security researcher ...

Researchers from Nanjing University have found a way in which hackers could track a smartphone user on the subway - even when limited reception is available, reports The Register. The scientists ...

A newly-released academic paper suggests that even without tapping into a GPS hackers can learn your movements through your cellphone with shocking accuracy, according to the Daily Dot. These findings ...