Uber’s Android app is reportedly collecting a huge amount of data without your knowledge
Uber has been recently hit by various controversies, and it looks like the company’s PR team will have one more thing to clean up: its Android application. According to a report from Joe’s Security Blog and a post on Y Combinato’r Hacker News further detailing the matter, the official Uber Android app might be spying on users, collecting various data that it shouldn’t have access to in the first place.
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GET READY APPLE FANS: MacMall reveals big Black Friday sale with huge savings on Apple gear!
This year, like every year, Apple’s own Black Friday sale really isn’t anything to speak of. The company is offering Black Friday shoppers some Apple Store gift cards along with big purchases, but you won’t find any significant savings at the Apple Store. Fortunately for Apple fans, it’s a completely different story over at MacMall, which is offering shoppers huge savings for Black Friday 2014 on nearly every Apple product and accessory you can think of.
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Video: The first teaser for Game Of Thrones Season 5 is finally here
We still have a few months to go before the hotly anticipated fifth season of Game Of Thrones premieres, but HBO is already starting to get fans excited for the Spring 2015 premiere of season 5. On Tuesday afternoon, the official Game Of Thrones Twitter account posted a short video to Twitter along with a cryptic message. “The raven brings #TheSight. Receive the power at: ThreeEyedRaven.com,” the tweet read. The linked website allows users to sign up for updates delivered via SMS or on Twitter, but no other information was provided.
The Game Of Thrones Season 5 teaser video that accompanied the tweet is embedded below.
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MONSTER SAVINGS: Target’s huge early Black Friday sale is going on right now!
Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines. It’s only Wednesday but Black Friday 2014 has officially begun. Early Black Friday sales have kicked off at dozens of retailers across the country, and even online retailers are getting in on the action. Most notably, Amazon is currently hosting a massive number of limited-time lightning sales, with new sales being made available every 10 minutes.
And now, nationwide retail giant Target has joined the fun with an early Black Friday sale that has already begun.
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Check out this gorgeous steel iPhone 6s concept inspired by the Apple Watch
Apple released new iPhone models only a couple of months ago with completely new designs compared to predecessors, including the larger displays many buyers wanted. But that doesn’t mean designers out there have stopped creating gorgeous iPhone concepts for the future, with Grisha Serov posting an iPhone concept on Behance that’s made of steel and seems to be inspired by the Apple Watch to some extent, but also by the current iPhone 6.
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Target teases surprise doorbuster deals ahead of Black Friday 2014
Target has already announced its Black Friday 2014 deals, but the giant retailer is ready to offer additional savings to customers, listing on its website a Black Friday “Surprise Doorbusters” page that includes various products that weren’t initially included in the retailer’s Black Friday ad. Mysteriously, however, their prices will only be revealed on Thanksgiving Day.
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Motorola has an awesome Moto X Cyber Monday deal that’s too good to pass up
Buyers looking to score a cheaper flagship smartphone this holiday season should definitely check out Motorola’s upcoming Cyber Monday offer for the 2014 Moto X handset, one of the best Android devices of the year.
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Massive surveillance operations possible with explicit help from telecom companies
U.S. and U.K. spy agencies including the NSA and GCHQ, respectively, have performed a variety of sophisticated spy operations, collecting massive amounts of personal data, as many Edward Snowden leaks revealed in the past year. German publication Süddeutsche Zeitung has published a new report that reveals that as far back as 2009 the GCHQ, and thus also the NSA, had massive access to submarine cable links around the globe with help from now Vodafone-owned Cable & Wireless.
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Does Verizon realize it made a huge net neutrality mistake?
Both AT&T and Comcast — two companies that are not exactly fond of net neutrality regulations — reportedly tried to warn Verizon against suing the Federal Communications Commission over its 2010 net neutrality rules. The carrier went through with it anyway and now there are signs it’s feeling regret.
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Google’s latest security tool lets you easily deactivate any connected devices
There’s a decent chance that if you read BGR and other technology blogs on a regular basis, you own multiple connected devices. Most of these devices are probably connected to your Google account as well, especially considering the fact that Gmail has become one of the primary email services for work and personal use.
But could you list every single device that currently has access to your Google account?
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