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T-Mobile Reveals More Location Data Abuse Following Questions from Senator Wyden

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By Joseph Cox
Pulse

Congress is gearing up for a fight with Big Tech over privacys

03.11.19

By Matt Laslo
Tech

Stalkers and Debt Collectors Impersonate Cops to Trick Big Telecom Into Giving Them Cell Phone Location Data

03.06.19

By Joseph Cox
Tech

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By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
Tech

Police in Canada Are Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavior In a ‘Risk’ Database

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By Nathan Munn
Tech

What A-GPS Data Is (and Why Wireless Carriers Most Definitely Shouldn’t Be Selling It)

02.07.19

By Karl Bode
Tech

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02.06.19

By Joseph Cox
Tech

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By Joseph Cox
Tech

Canadian Telecom Giant Bell Wanted NAFTA to Ban Some VPNs

01.30.19

By Jordan Pearson
Pulse

Facebook pays teenagers $20 a month to monitor what they do online

01.30.19

By David Gilbert
Tech

15 Senators Call on FCC and FTC to Investigate How AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint Sold Phone Locations to Bounty Hunters

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By Joseph Cox
Tech

Data Broker That Sold Phone Locations Used by Bounty Hunters Lobbied FCC to Scrap User Consent

01.23.19

By Jason Koebler and Joseph Cox

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