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Android mobile security apps: From the effective to the scam-like

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Just under a quarter of mobile security applications for Android phones successfully blocked every one of last year’s top malware threats, but almost a third of the apps failed to stop any, and user-ratings were no guide to effectiveness, according to new test data. Anti-Virus Comparative, an independent testing lab based in the Austrian ski-resort town of Innsbruck, […]

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US State Police Have Spent Millions on Israeli Phone Cracking Tech

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A Motherboard investigation shows how one company in particular, Cellebrite, has cornered the market in state agencies’ use of phone cracking technology. Continue reading US State Police Have Spent Millions on Israeli Phone Cracking Tech→

Phone companies to allow users to switch off anti-theft tracking

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Starting in August, most phones sold in the US will offer the option to disable tracking and anti-theft tools if owners so desire.
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