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Here's how Russia could track your every move – without even hacking your phone

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Re: Here's how Russia could track your every move – without even hacking your phone

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What geek doesn’t like a good conspiracy theory? Well, I’ve got one for you – a follow-the-money chain that leads from the head of Russian state to an app that is installed on millions of personal phones - one that you probably use every day.

Re: Here's how Russia could track your every move – without even hacking your phone

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I think one of the main problems is lack of good OS security protections on mobile phones. For example, there can be different kinds of GPS accuracy available to applications. A weather application obviously doesn’t need high accuracy gps location, stuff like this should be made clear to user through OS.

Re: Here's how Russia could track your every move – without even hacking your phone

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Am I the only one getting tired of these "there's a Russian under American's bed" stories?

Sorry man, but there's a lot of truth to that. I noticed Russian-based attacks against the website within minutes of publication. I guarantee you by the end of the day, they'll be hammering it.

Re: Here's how Russia could track your every move – without even hacking your phone

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Am I the only one getting tired of these "there's a Russian under American's bed" stories?

I would be too if Russian agents weren't actively infiltrating our political groups:

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44885633

Re: Here's how Russia could track your every move – without even hacking your phone

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Am I the only one getting tired of these "there's a Russian under American's bed" stories?

Sorry man, but there's a lot of truth to that. I noticed Russian-based attacks against the website within minutes of publication. I guarantee you by the end of the day, they'll be hammering it.

Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. Please provide us with some.
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