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HIDDEN packet sniffer spy tech in MILLIONS of iPhones, iPads – expert

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It doesn't matter how secure your phone is, you still have to connect it to a public facing network in order to use it

Yup, which produces some of that annoying meta data like location. However, a mobile device should treat *any* network as hostile for data connectivity, be it GPRS (remember that?), 3/4/nG or WiFi.

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