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Privacy is a big concern both online and in people's personal lives, but many people are still electing to have their position be tracked, and feel invulnerable. This same GPS technology has been used by the FBI to track people's cars.


The handy GPS that people access through their smartphones may also create a privacy problem without their knowledge. Photos taken with the smartphone's camera may be set to imbed the GPS coordinates of where the photo was taken, in the photo. When users upload their photos to sharing sites like Facebook, they're also releasing information about their location that most people tend to want to keep private.

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  • When Gmails Filters Arent Enough: How to Tackle Spam on Your Own


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    If youre really lucky, not a ton of spam makes its way into your inbox. Email providers have never been better at blocking it and filtering it to your spam filter without you lifting a finger. However, you still probably get newsletters youve tried unsubscribing from, updates for services you dont use, or ...
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  • State photo-ID databases become troves for police


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    By Craig Timberg and Ellen Nakashima, Washington Post, June 16, 2013 The faces of more than 120 million people are in searchable photo databases that state officials assembled to prevent driver’s-license fraud but that increasingly are used by police to identify suspects, accomplices and even innocent bystanders in ...
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  • Edward Snowdens father: dont release more information – video


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    The father of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden says he fears for his sons safety if he releases more information about his former employer
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  • Afghan president says his armed forces now taking the lead for security around the country


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    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan president says his armed forces now taking the lead for security around the country. Read more here: Afghan president says his armed forces now taking the lead for security around the country The post Afghan president says his armed forces now taking the lead for security ...
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  • Yahoo Disclosed US Data Requests


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    Following Microsoft, Facebook and Google, Yahoo has also disclosed the number of user data requests it get US government. In an exclamation statement to public, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has unveiled...        
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  • Family of US scientist Shane Todd call Singapore inquest a ‘sham’


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    The family of an American scientist found hanged in Singapore last year dismissed on Tuesday the city-state’s findings that he committed suicide as “a sham and a cover-up” for a murder. “I am not surprised by the state’s findings because the state refused to consider murder, they only investigated ...
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  • Worried Whos Watching Your Web Browsing? Adafruits Onion Pi Tor Proxy Project Creates A Private, Portable Wi-Fi Access Point


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    Adafruit Industries  has put together a weekend project for people worried the NSA is watching how many reruns of Seinfeld they watch on their tablet. The Onion Pi Tor Proxy is a weekend project that uses the  Raspberry Pi microcomputer, along with a USB WiFi adapter and Ethernet cable to create “a small, ...
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  • China to place ban on private orphan shelters


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    “Adopting and handling abandoned infants at one’s own will is forbidden,” a circular, issued by seven government departments, said. Excerpt from: China to place ban on private orphan shelters The post China to place ban on private orphan shelters appeared first on heave-ho.org | all the news thats fit to ...
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  • Oil prices stay steady before 2-day US Fed meeting


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    BANGKOK (AP) — The price of U.S. benchmark oil rose slightly Tuesday, a day after briefly touching a nine-month high, as traders awaited the start of a Federal Reserve policy meeting. Benchmark oil for July delivery rose 5 cents to $97.82 per barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New York ...
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  • Yahoos going to boot us off our deadbeat accounts, but who is going to grab them?


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    Get thee to your unused Yahoo account before July 15 if you dont relish the thought of somebody taking control of your handle and doing heaven knows what with whatever email gets sent to it.
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  • Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national forces


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    KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national forces. View original post here: Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national forces The post Explosion heard in Afghan capital on day NATO hands over security to national ...
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  • Stranded dolphin dies after being used as a photo prop by tourists


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    A stranded dolphin died on Monday morning in Sanya City, Hainan province, after being manhandled by tourists who used it as a photo prop. The dolphin was first discovered at 6pm on Sunday evening stranded near Sanya’s Dadonghai beach resort, reported China Daily and Hainan news site Hinews.cn. Go here to read the ...
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  • Barry Does Berlin


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    The Insufferable Airhorn wraps uphis G8 Summit with a bilateral meeting with French President Francois Hollandetoday, boards Air Force One around 1:30PM Eastern and arrives in Berlin around2:25PM. On Wednesday he’ll get theopportunity he was denied as a presidential candidate in 2008 to give a speechat ...
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  • Yahoo Received 12,000+ Requests for User Data from Agencies in 6 Months


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    Following in the footsteps of Apple , which released a statement about privacy yesterday, Yahoo now released a similar statement, disclosing the number of requests for user data from government agencies the company has received According to Yahoo, law enforcement agencies made between 12,000 and 13,000 requests ...
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  • Yahoos revealed that it received a staggering 12,000 US government data requests between December 1


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    Yahoos revealed that it received a staggering 12,000 US government data requests between December 1st 2012 and May 31st 2013—way more than Apple, Facebook, Microsoft and co. Read more...        
    15 hours ago

  • Apple chimes in with the "Aint no PRISM here!" chorus


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    Apple has joined in with the PRISM surveillance saga, insisting that nobody has direct access to its servers and that even it cant read customers end-to-end encrypted conversations.
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  • Government Digital Service publishes Identity and Privacy Principles


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    One of the common concerns about identity-related technologies is the potential for abuse of privacy, and for function creep of the identity system itself: mechanisms which are designed to support authentication end up being used to hoover up personal data about the users interactions with relying parties, and pose a ...
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  • FDI into China rises in Jan-May: govt


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    Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China rose during the first five months of this year, the government announced on Tuesday, paced by strong increases from the European Union and United States. Incoming FDI, which excludes financial sectors, rose 1.0 per cent to US$47.6 billion (HK$369.4 billion) from January ...
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  • David Beckham, soccer ambassador in China, joins Sina Weibo


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    Former soccer player David Beckham has more than 400,000 followers only a day after making his official Sina Weibo debut. “Hi I am David! Welcome to the OFFICIAL David Beckham Sina Page! Talk to you soon!” the Englishman wrote in his first post, which has been shared by more than 50,000 people. “Thank you for ...
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  • EU, US leaders launch trade talks, France digs in on culture


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    The United States and the European Union launched talks on Monday to create one of the world’s most ambitious free-trade zones, as France again underscored its determination to protect its movies and culture. A trans-Atlantic free trade agreement was first considered three decades ago but was knocked down by France ...
    15 hours ago

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