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iOS and Android: How to turn off tracking

Apple is encouraging its smartphone and tablet users to use data sparingly in the future. But this is also possible - hidden - on Android devices. Advertising has been tracking smartphone users for years, often unnoticed, across many apps. An individual number enables advertising companies to play personalized ads across websites and apps. This "tracking" is the technology behind the much-lamented phenomenon of once-searched goods showing up again and again in different ad formats. Apple's current decision to actively inform users of its iPhones about this in the future is only now making many users aware of the generous use of data on their smartphones. The iOS system now automatically asks users whether they want to allow advertising tracking for new apps. Apple is thus sharpening its image as a data protector. However, data collection has been prevented for years - not only on Apple's iPhones, but also on the more widespread devices with the Android operating syste...

Terrorist cell phone: FBI pays close to million for iPhone hack

 A small Australian security company plays a major role in the thriller about the San Bernardino bombers who killed 14 people and lost their own lives in the process. In focus - an iPhone 5C. It was the most serious terrorist attack since 9/11 and it occurred in the small town of San Bernardino in the US state of California. On December 2, 2015, city employee Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife Tashfeen Malik shot indiscriminately at a nonprofit facility for people with disabilities during a Christmas party, killing 14 people and injuring 21 others, some seriously. Perpetrators are killed, leaving behind an iPhone 5C with no unlocking capability The perpetrators initially managed to escape, but were then confronted near their home and died in a brief firefight. Two days later, the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) declared the incident an act of terrorism. The perpetrators had pledged allegiance to the leaders and targets of the Islamic State terrorist organization on social m...