facebook Project Atlas: Facebook has been secretly paying Iphone users to install an all-surveilling "VPN" app Cory Doctorow

security Major vulnerability in 5G means that anyone with $500 worth of gear can spy on a wide area's mobile activity Cory Doctorow

Technology Australia may have just backdoored your mobile phone Xeni Jardin

mobile Android malware uses accelerometer readings to figure out if it was running on a real phone or in emulation Cory Doctorow

mobile Vermont official fact-checks mobile carriers' coverage maps, proves they're lying like crazy Cory Doctorow

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Business Netflix walks away from App Store payments, costing Apple up to $256m/year Cory Doctorow

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Business Chinese Iphone ownership is a marker of membership in the "invisible poor" Cory Doctorow

infosec For $20, you can make a DIY Stingray in minutes, using parts from Amazon Cory Doctorow

Games Taiwan's "Pokemon Grandpa" has 15 phones arrayed around his bike handlebars Cory Doctorow

privacy Apps are using "silent notifications" to track you after you uninstall them Cory Doctorow

Business Indie UK mobile carrier announces a Tor-only SIM that blocks unencrypted data Cory Doctorow

Business Google to charge hardware makers up to $40 per device for Android mobile apps Xeni Jardin

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Kids Apple's new parental control: Daily Stormer is in, sex-ed is out Cory Doctorow

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