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Bending iPhones at the Apple Store only proves you’re a twit

It may not quite be up to epidemic status, but several cases of people walking into Apple Stores and bending the demonstration models of the iPhone 6 Plus have come to light. There are no pockets involved and no iPhones that are personal possessions. It’s just people strolling in and destroying display devices. The bent aluminum body of the iPhone …

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No black art to the Blackphone’s quest for smartphone privacy

The Blackphone is a mid-tier Android-powered smartphone in terms of hardware, but it comes with nine services designed to protect your privacy. Seth Rosenblatt/CNET It might seem like security roulette to test the Blackphone at a conference full of hackers, but what better place to gauge the Android-based smartphone’s claims of being extra safe? After three days of toting the …

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