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Privacy lenses pointed at Snapchat for making phone number searches too easy

Security researchers claim that Snapchat, the controversial selfie-sharing picture site, is far too liberal with the phone numbers of its users. *If* those users are genuine – the researchers also found they could register bogus users as easily as they could look real ones up…
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NYPD detective pleads guilty to hacking fellow police officers’ email and phone

Edwin Vargas was charged with using PayPal to hire someone to hack login details for at least 43 personal email accounts, including those of 20 current or former NYPD officers.
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Phone Makers’ Android Tweaks Cause Security Problems – MIT Technology Review

Phone Makers' Android Tweaks Cause Security Problems
MIT Technology Review
Phone Makers' Android Tweaks Cause Security Problems. Smartphone makers' custom software is responsible for a slew of Android security issues, researchers at North Carolina State University say. By Rachel Metz on November 5, 2013 
Custom Features Incur Security Flaws In Popular Android SmartphonesDark Reading
Many Android vulnerabilities can be traced to manufacturer modificationsPhys.Org

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Free to Play Takes an Evil Turn: Passively Using Your Phone to Mine Bitcoins … – Touch Arcade


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Free to Play Takes an Evil Turn: Passively Using Your Phone to Mine Bitcoins
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Treating players like a botnet you can abuse also seems to be setting a dangerous precedent, and one that I hope doesn't catch on. [via PocketGamer.biz] …. I can't speak for Android, but this isn't how iOS apps work. To run in the background and

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