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Thats why police are demanding and getting cell phone records from wireless service providers in dramatically increasing numbers every year. police requests to verizon have increased 15%, each year, for the last five years, and we dont know whats happening to the information that police are collecting. last year, wireless service providers handles 1.3 million law enforcement requests for cell phone information, including text messages, call logs, location data, and cell tower dumps, where they p...

Are every minute of the day. that biographer is the most effective spy, the most effective surveillance tool ever invented and we pay it to spy on us. our cell phones can tell a story about us that no one else can. thats why police are demanding and getting cell phone records from wireless service providers in dramatically increasing numbers every year. police requests to verizon have increased 15%, each year, for the last five years, and we dont know whats happening to the information that poli...

To indicate so far they were. certainly, thats one of the things they are going to be looking for. >> fran townsend almost ten days out when you talk to folks in the intelligence community, in government, are they more nervous ten days out because they are learning more or do they seem less nervous than they did back on sunday night/monday morning in the hours immediately after bin laden was killed? >> one, they sound exhausted. what you hear more frequently is how overwhelming the amount of wha...

Software package for iphones that reduces the am of location data and iphone stores. apple came under scrutiny after word came out that iphone stores unencrypted data on locations, sometimes for months. in the meantime iphone closing in on nokia. on track to become the largest cell phone maker. consumers are reaching for the credit cards once again. federal reserve says consumers increased overall borrowing by $6 billion in march. credit card borrowing alone increased second time since august of...

Apple is upgrading its iphone operating system. it reduces the amount of location data in iphone sforpz apple came under scrutiny after word came out iphones stored unincrypted data on location sometimes for months. consumers are reaching for their credit cards once again. the federal reserve says consumers increased overall borrowing by $6 billion in march. credit card borrowing alone increased for the second time since august of 2008. staff reductions could be coming to delta airlines. the c...

Confused partly because creators of this new technology, including apple, have not provided enough education about these issues to date. the company reports it will release the software update to limit the amount of location data stored on your phone. jobs says apple with both at&t and verizon. the pioneer social networking site friendster set to wipe out all user information by the end of next month. the sight launched in 2002 and first of its kind. lost ground to myspace first and now facebook...

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Sales after a warning from the fast food chain about rising costs worried investors. meanwhile, fast food rival yum brands, kfc, taco bell and pizza hut reported earnings. controversy over tracking devices in iphones. this mornings "wall street journal" reports androids and smartphones both routinely transmit location data back to apple and google, helping them tap into a growing multibillion-dollar market for location-based services. a lot of people upset about that. toyota is recalling more th...

We have some i-outrage today over reports that apple iphone and ipad collect their owners location data, and save it without the owners knowledge or permission. i mean, imagine the possibilities here for spying. by a jealous spouse or police detectives. or a big brother government? hmmm? our big question today. should we be more suspicious of our smart phones? would like to hear your thoughts. i mean, im smiling on the picture, but maybe its no laughing matter. get me on twitter and facebook, an...

A whole bunch of stuff. >> reporter: this announcement follows new concerns about geo tags, location data places in photos from cell phones and gps-enabled cameras. geo tagging is intended as an organizational tool. its really helpful when youre trying to find that picture you took on the bike trip to lake tahoe. but a new website called i can stalk u shows seemingly harmless pictures shared on twitter make it easy to track your exact location, just from a photo. to disable geo tagging you can t...