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| | | Hundreds of Bounty Hunters Had Access to AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint Customer Location Data for Years | | Motherboard | Documents show that bail bond companies used a secret phone tracking service to make tens of thousands of location requests. | | Some iPhone Apps Are Secretly Recording Your Screen | | Fast Company | Many popular iPhone apps — including Abercrombie & Fitch, Hotels.com, Air Canada, Hollister, Expedia, and Singapore Airlines — are using a technology called “session replay” from customer experience analytics firm Glassbox to record everything you do on your iPhone when using their app, reports TechCrunch. | | Cisco, Like Apple and Other Tech Giants, Now Wants New Federal Privacy Law | | Ars Technica | On Thursday, Cisco formally joined the parade of major tech companies that have been calling for a comprehensive federal privacy law that would once and for all set a clear standard for tech companies nationwide. | | Facebook Says It Needs to Collect All Your Data to Protect Against Terrorism and Child Abuse | | Gizmodo | Facebook was slapped with a ruling in Germany that limits how the social media giant can collect data across its multiple platforms, like WhatsApp and Instagram. Facebook is not happy about it, to say the least. The company says it’s collecting all of that data for your own good. They’re simply using their data sharing methods to protect you against terrorism and child abuse. Seriously. |
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| | | How to Rediscover the Windows Start Menu's Utility | | Gizmodo | The Start menu is your way into Windows and the web — it’s where you find your apps and start your searches, where you go to customize the system and organize your digital life. It’s the hub of everything you do on your Windows computer, so don’t settle for the default configuration: make the Start menu your own. | | 22 Top Tips for Google Keep on Android | | Computerworld | Turn Google's note-taking app into a powerful mobile productivity tool with these easy-to-follow tips. |
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