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Cell carriers see dramatic increase in surveillance requests

Wireless carriers say they received 1.3 million requests last year from law enforcement agencies for subscriber text messages, caller locations, and other information, reflecting a steady increase during the past five years. Carriers’ responses to a congressional inquiry, as reported by the New York Times, reveal that thousands of records were turned over on a daily basis in response to …

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Exploding Samsung had been put in a microwave

The Samsung Galaxy S III that reportedly “exploded” in a car charger, according to its owner, had actually been placed in a microwave. One of the photos posted to the Boards.ie forums after the original post about the damage. (Credit: Boards.ie) Following the report of damage on an Irish bulletin board (Google cached) by forum member “dillo2k10”, Samsung retrieved the …

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