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jr62

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    Comment #3990050

    This is certainly no worse than what Facebook's collecting, and their opt-out controls mean there's not a lot to be worried about. If you're really paranoid about privacy you shoul…

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    Comment #3376427

    How are they tracking unique activations? IMEI numbers seems the most likely possibility to me, but I wouldn't think Google would keep a list of all the numbers on their servers.

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    Comment #3376421

    So there's a way to establish two-way communication with an Android device, without enabling any permissions. But it's a very obvious system (works by launching intents, just like …

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    Comment #3279126

    So if I route my traffic through a Russian host, suddenly it becomes a terrible danger? Sounds like a pretty badly informed investigation team, who leaped to conclusions without ju…

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    Comment #3279114

    On Chrome 14 (Linux), when I click "eval" it doesn't show the alert dialog. Even leaving the default text there. It's an interesting concept though, would definitely be good to see…

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    Comment #2712271

    This one's just free - no contest.

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    Comment #2672771

    http://hntrends.jerodsanto.net/?q=google%2C+apple