Listen up, moronic thieves: if you’re dumb enough to steal modern technology like iPads, iPhones and other smart, connected devices, you’d better be prepared to dance with the police – and very large dudes called Otis who have a bad habit of dropping the soap.

Imagine walking around a shopping centre and having your every move tracked; by software that has latched onto your mobile phone's unique ID.

Navman Wireless' GPS fleet management system will be available through all of Telstra's channels as the result of a renewed partnership between the two companies.

The iPhone keeps a log of where it has been. A new open source program plots the data on a map for easy viewing. Privacy advocates are worried.

It appears to be a harmless and classic game reworked for Android devices, but Tapsnake comes with spy software.

The whole concept of behaviour-based targeting of online advertising is guaranteed to kick up a privacy stink wherever it appears. When that place is Google, though, the stink could quickly become something of a shit-storm.

MySpot V.3 “tracking and safety” phone software has been released for Nokia and Symbian phones equipped with a GPS which can track workers such as security guards, nurses, at-risk ex-hospital patients or anyone needing the service, while also offering an “SOS panic button which instantly shows the exact location” of the person pressing the button.

It would appear that wealthy Mexicans are so worried about being kidnapped that some are prepared to be microchipped in order for them to be traced in such an eventuality...