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How your smartphone's battery life can be used to invade your privacy
The Guardian ^
| Tuesday 4 August 2015
| Alex Hern
Posted on 08/04/2015 6:33:19 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: FreedomOfExpression
Privacy mode has no impact on how visible you are on the internet.
Privacy mode only prevents the data from your browsing session from being stored on your local machine.
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08/04/2015 3:14:15 PM PDT
by
MV=PY
(The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
To: sickoflibs
Not windows. Your browser. Happens with any OS, even phone OSes.
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08/04/2015 3:17:54 PM PDT
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discostu
(It always comes down to cortexiphan)
To: sickoflibs
It doesn’t provide identity theft, it provides tracking. Because the call returns your percentage of battery charge and the estimated time left of use in seconds that’s a fairly unique combination that can be used to follow you through hotspots. Add that to your cookies and web activity and they can know a fair bit about you.
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08/04/2015 3:21:08 PM PDT
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discostu
(It always comes down to cortexiphan)
To: null and void
A string and two tin cans sounds better every day. *sigh*
I miss CB radio. I'm also an amateur radio operator.
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posted on
08/04/2015 5:19:42 PM PDT
by
Nowhere Man
("I wish we were back in the world of Andy Williams." - My mother, 1938-2013, RIP)
To: null and void
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08/04/2015 6:04:16 PM PDT
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Nifster
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