diff --git a/src/posts/gps-track-deez-nuts.md b/src/posts/gps-track-deez-nuts.md index 618cfea..68ff166 100644 --- a/src/posts/gps-track-deez-nuts.md +++ b/src/posts/gps-track-deez-nuts.md @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ half a year into our investigation, we'd found it all: a hidden conglomerate pos ## starting our descent -Tracki's website is littered with stock illustrations of gps pins and reviews praising it for its reliability and customer service. they tout their popularity on sites like amazon, comparing their seemingly superior specs and prices to those of similar gps trackers. but a bit of googling will have you run into blog posts on their site discussing [stalkerware](/tagged/fuckstalkerware) (as well as [how to get rid of it](https://archive.is/BjpMx)) and explicitly marketing Tracki as a device for [spying on a spouse or other family member](https://archive.is/1ZpcA), even providing [detailed instructions for attaching it to their car](https://archive.is/47oeF). and with further prodding, it's also quite easy to [make the connection](https://archive.is/8IdyM) from Tracki to its parent company, Trackimo (registered in israel as [`VESTIGO TECHNOLOGIES LTD`](https://opencorporates.com/companies/il/514985985)), with Tracki being their more consumer-focused brand and Trackimo, who does the actual product development, focusing on business applications. having sent a local contact to check, we are able to confirm that Vestigo has an office space located in central tel aviv, housing most of their in-house R&D, management and software development employees. +Tracki's website is littered with stock illustrations of gps pins and reviews praising it for its reliability and customer service. they tout their popularity on sites like amazon, comparing their seemingly superior specs and prices to those of similar gps trackers. but a bit of googling will have you run into blog posts on their site discussing [stalkerware](/posts/tagged/fuckstalkerware) (as well as [how to get rid of it](https://archive.is/BjpMx)) and explicitly marketing Tracki as a device for [spying on a spouse or other family member](https://archive.is/1ZpcA), even providing [detailed instructions for attaching it to their car](https://archive.is/47oeF). and with further prodding, it's also quite easy to [make the connection](https://archive.is/8IdyM) from Tracki to its parent company, Trackimo (registered in israel as [`VESTIGO TECHNOLOGIES LTD`](https://opencorporates.com/companies/il/514985985)), with Tracki being their more consumer-focused brand and Trackimo, who does the actual product development, focusing on business applications. having sent a local contact to check, we are able to confirm that Vestigo has an office space located in central tel aviv, housing most of their in-house R&D, management and software development employees. {% figure { src: '/img/posts/gps-track-deez-nuts/vestigo-parking.jpg', alt: 'a photo from inside a parking space facing out toward a street. the parking spot is labelled with a messily hung piece of paper with "Vestigo" printed on it in calibri font. in the background there is a cat sitting under a car', caption: 'Vestigo\'s luxurious parking lot at their tel aviv office. the cat pictured may not be our local contact but is definitely running some important anarchist operations' } %}