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07-07-2014, 12:27 PM
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Spilling your WiFi connection history might not sound all that terrible, especially given how some tag their networks with absurd and indecipherable names. However, to people with malicious intent, there are ways and means to derive longitude and ...
Android privacy flaw leaks location details over Wi-Fi -- even when Wi-Fi is off (http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=t&fd=R&ct2=ca&usg=AFQjCNGUFF-j0laJYB97MZP-MEHWN_m8Lg&clid=c3a7d30bb8a4878e06b80cf16b898331&cid=52778551796672&ei=b5G6U7iKLqK0mQKz0ICICQ&url=http://betanews.com/2014/07/07/android-privacy-flaw-leaks-location-details-over-wi-fi-even-when-wi-fi-is-off/?utm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm _campaign%3DFeed%2B-%2Bbn%2B-%2BBetanews%2BFull%2BContent%2BFeed%2B-%2BBN)BetaNews
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