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    Electronic Frontier Foundation shows Google fights for user privacy more than Apple, others

    Posted May 1 2013 by Dustin Karnes in Featured, News with 5 Comments

    If you have an interest in your privacy – and, let’s be honest, you really should – then this information from the Electronic Frontier Foundation should be of interest to you. According to a recent report from the EFF, Google has ranked as one of …

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    Mod to Android OS helps protect your privacy by giving your apps false information

    Posted Jun 13 2012 by Dustin Karnes in News with 9 Comments

    We’re always, as users, on the lookout for more mobile security. The Technology Review from MIT just did a piece on programs that are designed to keep your personal data away from mobile apps that want to access contacts. In that list comes a full rewrite …

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  • Nq Vault

    Protect your pictures, messages, and more with NQ Mobile’s Vault

    Posted Jun 7 2012 by Scott Webster in News with 12 Comments

    Because we know you have something you’d rather keep private…

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    New judge ruling declares law enforcement must have a warrant in order to access mobile location data

    Posted Nov 18 2011 by Dustin Karnes in News with 81 Comments

    Worried about whether or not Big Brother can keep his prying eyes on your location at all times? With mobile devices relying more and more heavily on location data every day, the concern is certainly legitimate. However, today, ruling came down from U.S. Judge Lynn …

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  • PrivacyStar Users Hit 100,000 Reports to the FTC!

    Posted Feb 8 2011 by Ray Walters in News with 3 Comments

    PrivacyStar, an Android app and service that allows subscribers to report and block telemarketers and debt collectors who violate consumer protection laws, hit a record milestone this week for reports filed with the FTC. Users of the service made their 100,000th report to the Federal Trade Commission, helping the FTC to crack down on the almost 20% of said callers who could care less about the “no-call list” or federal protection laws for consumers.

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  • McAfee Acquires WaveSecure Maker tenCube

    Posted Aug 2 2010 by AndroidGuys in News with 28 Comments

    McAfee, Inc. announced they have entered into an agreement to acquire the privately owned tenCube, developer of WaveSecure, one of the winners of ADC2. McAfee is expanding its abilities in the mobile space with the acquisition, and they intend to leverage this as a single platform from …

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  • 5 Nice Apps I Refuse to Use [Updated]

    Posted Oct 4 2009 by Chuck Falzone in Software Reviews with 48 Comments

    I tell you what, I love me some Google Reader. One of the first things I did when I got my phone was set up a shortcut to Reader’s mobile interface. It’s fairly robust, but it is in the browser, so it’s a little slow …

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  • Make it All Opt-in and Stop Worrying So Much

    Posted Jan 15 2009 by Scott Webster in News with 9 Comments

    The Center for Digital Democracy sure thinks that Google is up to no good with Android. Because a specific business model has not been defined by Google yet, they are playing the assumption game. They are assuming that Google plans to make Android the tool …

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  • KDDI Phone Gives X-Ray Vision

    Posted Oct 2 2008 by Vamien McKalin in News with 2 Comments

    Finally! A company doing what they can to make sure we all have at least one superhero quality.

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