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The Gyroscopes in Your Phone Could Let Apps Eavesdrop on Conversations
In the age of surveillance paranoia, most smartphone users know better than to give a random app or website permission to use their device’s …
An iPhone trick to avoid Facebook Messenger and keep chatting
Avoid installing Facebook Messenger on your iPhone using this quick tip and continue chatting using the normal Facebook app. Photograph: Jeff Chiu/AP Facebook’s policy …
Why surveillance companies hate the iPhone
The secrets of one of the world’s most prominent surveillance companies, Gamma Group, spilled onto the internet last week, courtesy of an anonymous leaker …
7 Ways to Stop NSA Spying on Your Smartphone
Recently uncovered PowerPoint slides used by the National Security Agency and its British equivalent indicate that the spy agencies have been intercepting personal data …
Millions of Android Devices Vulnerable to Heartbleed Bug
Millions of smartphones and tablets running Google Inc. (GOOG)’s Android operating system have the Heartbleed software bug, in a sign of how broadly the …
Android fragmentation turning devices into a toxic hellstew of vulnerabilities
I’m a big fan of Android, not only because I use the platform, but also because I feel that competition in the mobile space …
Emotionsense App Measures Smartphone Users’ Happiness
Scientists researching the effect of mobile devices on a person’s well-being have created an app that uses a smartphone’s sensors to gauge a user’s …
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