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Your Own Mini-Stalker

kashif.ahsan writes "A ComputerWorld article discusses the inherent privacy dangers of carrying around our ubiquitous technological assistants. They're like miniature stalkers, right there in your pocket. 'Camera phones contain all the necessary ingredients for completely invasive stalking: a microphone, camera, personal data on the user, location information, a chat and call history — you name it. And victims carry them everywhere they go. All that's missing is the software that lets stalkers take control ... new software, called snoopware, does just that.'"

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  1. Y do U think the iPhone has an unremovable battry? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wake up and smell the earwax of the walls folks.