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Snooping: Spouses Do It More Than You May Think

George McIntyre — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:37:16 +0000

Don’t worry about Google or Apple tracking your location. Get over it if you’re nervous hackers may access your voice mail. It’s actually the one you love that’s most likely to be snooping through your email and cellphone history. This study shows that the number of spouses, significant others and parents who sneak a peek [...]

No One Cares Where You Are – Apple and Google are not Tracking You

George McIntyre — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:20:00 +0000

There's been a lot of recent talk about Apple's, and now Google's ability to track iPad, iPhone and Android phone users' locations.

Two New York men have filed a lawsuit, accusing Apple of fraud, deceptive business practices, and are hoping they suit will be granted class-action status, according to Computer World.

It's the type of story that news outlets, big and small, tend to latch on to, and examine from every possible angle, ad nauseam.

Is this something that should worry you? No. Is it much ado about nothing? In my opinion, absolutely.

iPhone Secretly Tracks Your Every Move, Claims Security Experts

J. Patrick — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 13:02:24 +0000

If you own an IPhone then “Big Brother” might be watching you. Security experts Peter Warden and Alasdair Allen have made a startling discovery about Apple’s iPhone and 3G iPad: The devices secretly track and record your location. Apparently, this has been going on for 10 months, despite the fact that Apple has never previously [...]