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07-05-2014, 08:04 AM
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The EFF report also states that Android phones could broadcast location history of all the places that users have recently visited, even when the phone is not connected to Wi-Fi and when the screen is "Off". The root cause for "Wi-Fi location data ...
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EFF finds Android leaking Wi-Fi history thanks to open source Wi-Fi stack (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=ca&usg=AFQjCNHgsSi8jIECxzQmfTCMIJkarztlIQ&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778548911088&ei=x7C3U6DFHcTkmAKV84G4DA&url=http://www.techrepublic.com/article/eff-finds-android-leaking-wi-fi-history-thanks-to-open-source-wi-fi-stack/)TechRepublic
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