Summertime is just around the corner, which means camps, hanging out with friends and going to the pool for many teens and children. But with so many plans, do you know where your kids will be? Phone companies are helping parents keep tabs on their children, no matter the age, through their phones.
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Do you know how long your cell phone company keeps records of whom you text, who calls you or what places you have traveled? Do you know how often cell phone companies turn over this information to the police and whether they first ask the police to get a warrant based on probable cause?
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Telephone and wireless companies say they’ve boosted capacity to handle unexpected surges in traffic on their networks, but that doesn’t mean smartphone, iPad and mobile device users won’t still experience delays. Any wireless traffic jams will depend on the extent to which those nearest the summit’s main events in the Loop and South Loop may overload even beefed-up wireless and Internet ...
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What's the one electronic device you have with you everywhere you go? Your smart phone! Cell phone companies know it and, based on what you do with that phone, they know a whole lot more about you, too.
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Catherine Crump says the poorly understood relationship between cellphone companies and police raises grave privacy concerns
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Catherine Crump says the poorly understood relationship between cellphone companies and police raises grave privacy concerns
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The Korean mobile giant is looking to acquire other phone companies to help its fight with Apple.
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