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Are the Feds Facebook-stalking you?

Posted August 24, 2012 - 5:23 pm

A Boston reader reports mystery Facebook logins from Washington DC, some 450 miles away. Are spooks secretly logging into her account?
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Carrier IQ doth protest too much; shouldst really quit the incriminating denials

Posted December 14, 2011 - 1:24 pm

Carrier IQ continues attempts to convince the public that making an app that monitors 100 million cell phones doesn't mean Carrier IQ monitors phones. And, if the FBI got Carrier IQ data about user activities, it came from a Carrier IQ customer, not Carrier IQ. OK? We cool now?
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Privacy invading Facebook readies phone named after friend of blood-suckers

Posted November 23, 2011 - 1:29 pm

'Buffy' might not be the best name for a phone from a company famous for sucking private data from customers more aggressively than The Slayer would have put up with even from her vampire boyfriend.
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How many law enforcement agencies know where you are right now (and who you just called)?

Posted November 9, 2011 - 2:52 pm

Law enforcement agencies are increasing surveillance programs that tracked tens of thousands via cell-phone GPS, but their demands don't stop with just knowing where you are. They're taking your call logs, too.
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South Korea class-action suit against Apple now has 27,000 plaintiffs

Posted August 17, 2011 - 1:34 pm

Plaintiffs claim iOS location-tracking data violated users' privacy, caused emotional distress.
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Study shows 8% of Android apps leak private data on purpose

Posted July 21, 2011 - 11:44 am

A study to be presented at Black Hat shows 8 percent of Android apps phone home with private data and identifies the two most prevalent infection sources for smartphones.
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Al Franken pitches bill to protect smartphone users' location privacy

Posted June 20, 2011 - 6:00 am

More than half of Americans are concerned about the location data smartphone carriers and apps collect about them, according to a Nielsen Study that showed 52 percent of men and 59 percent of women fret over location
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FCC is mealymouthed on privacy, even while calling Apple, Google to task

Posted May 18, 2011 - 9:23 am

The FCC, which has failed to regulate consumer-abusing ISP-access rules, is holding a forum on data privacy, while telegraphing it won't be too rough on those who violate it.
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Even the Smithsonian is foggy on mobile-app privacy

Posted May 16, 2011 - 9:44 am

The Smithsonian app Leafsnap identifies plant photos taken with iPhone's camera, but sends photos and location data back to be included in plant-location studies.
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Apple, Google play their roles in Senate subcommittee political theater production

Posted May 10, 2011 - 2:14 pm

Tuesday's appearance by Apple and Google executives before a U.S. Senate subcommittee asking about each company's much-criticized location data policies was a win-win for all concerned.
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iPhone tracks your location, leaves data around for anyone to use

Posted April 21, 2011 - 10:19 am

Apple's iPhone and iPad are getting creepier; first they were taking random photos of their owners, now they're storing location data where almost anyone can get it.
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