Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LONDON — Smartphones are useful tools for everyday life, but they’re privy to nearly everything about you, including all the places you’ve been — if you let ...

The Indian government on Wednesday reversed an order that required all new mobile phones to have a tracking app after backlash from the public.

Earlier this year ICE ordered new vehicles equipped with smartphone-tracking hardware. Cell-tower simulating “Stingray” devices gather records on phones in their vicinity. Luckily, Android 16 includes ...

If you use a mobile phone with location services turned on, it is likely that data about where you live and work, where you ...

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It had ordered mobile manufacturers and importers to preload a government app on all new devices. Read more at ...

Many law enforcement agencies across the U.S. track mobile phones as part of investigations, but only a minority ask for court-ordered warrants, according to a new report released Monday by the ...

You know that little GPS icon that pops up when an app is using your location? That’s the polite part. The tip of the iceberg. The warm handshake before your phone whispers your every movement to Big ...

Two hikers had to be tracked down after getting lost on a Western Massachusetts trail. The hikers were on Sanderson Brook Falls, which is in Chester-Blandford State Forest. Hikes in the area range ...

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