cell phones
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Helena Bonham Carter and Sam Neill Star in a Short Film About a Sentient Phone
One thing that global isolation has been good for (other than not getting sick) is the wave of lo-fi homemade short films from big expensive movies instead of making silly movies for Twitter.
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Police Are Using Google’s Location History Feature To Track Down Suspects
Law enforcement queries of Google’s massive mobile device location tracking database, which employees call Sensorvault, has “risen sharply in the past six months,” the New York Times reported on Saturday, citing sources at the company.
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This Phone Tracking Company’s ‘Demo’ Tool Let You Track Almost Anyone In The US In Real Time
A troubling flaw in phone tracking company LocationSmart’s demo tool, used to advertise its services, let anyone take advantage of an easily exploited flaw to track phones from America’s top four carriers without the user’s consent or knowledge, according to KrebsOnSecurity. The demo site was reportedly taken down yesterday after Krebs contacted LocationSmart.
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FCC Chair Ajit Pai Wants To Cap A Program To Help Poor People Afford Phones And Internet
Photo: Getty Images US Federal Communications Commission chair Ajit Pai is aiming to impose new caps on funding for Lifeline, a program to assist impoverished people living in the US afford phone and internet access.