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02/28/2018 / By David Williams

You are being watched: Many apps can still track you, even if you turn off location services

Mobile phones, particularly of the smart variety, often come equipped with location tracking sensors that are used mainly for on-device navigation. These sensors enable phones to make full use of apps meant for maps, ride-sharing, and even simple web browsing, so most users tend leave them on all the time as they are often used. […]

02/07/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Lyfting your private data: Ride company’s employees brag about spying on users and execs

Lyft employees have been abusing their access to customers’ private data. Thanks to their high access clearances, they’ve been able to stalk people they’d just met and look up trip data for Hollywood actresses and porn stars. At least one employee has bragged about having Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg’s phone number. These were just some […]

01/09/2018 / By Michelle Simmons

It’s not your imagination — your phone really is spying on you: Hundreds of Android apps use the microphone to secretly monitor and record your TV habits

Your phone is actually spying on you. They may not be listening to your conversations, but they are using your device’s microphone to gather information on the ads, TV shows, and movies you watch. A new report from The New York Times revealed that more than 250 gaming apps use the monitoring software called Alphonso, […]

07/26/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Uber violates your privacy by permanently storing all the locations where you were picked up and dropped off

A glitch in the latest iteration of the Uber app permanently stores pick-up and drop-off locations on the user’s mobile phone, with updates being continually sent to the device even without inputting a password. This bug has been implicated in the dozens of divorce cases now being filed across Europe. According to litigation specialists and […]

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