UK drones can hack smartphone users' private data

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UK drones can now hack smartphone users' private data. The sensitive information can be grabbed from the GPS location to the mobile applications' login names and passwords and can be executed without the user ever finding out. The software, Snoopy, can transform an innocent video capturing drone into a malicious data snatching thief.

Beware your smartphone: NSA is watching you

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NSA can tap most sensitive data saved on smartphones, including contact lists, SMS and location information, Germany’s Der Spiegel has argued citing some secret NSA documents, which is claims to have. The article published Sunday doesn’t say how the magazine obtained the documents, but one of its authors is Laura Poitras, an American filmmaker with close contacts to NSA leaker Edward Snowden.

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27-Year-Old Congolese Entrepreneur Launches First Africa-Designed Smartphone

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A Congolese inventor has unveiled what he says is the first African-designed smartphone. It went on sale on 27 December in the Republic of Congo. 27-year-old Verone Mankou who introduced the smart phone said Elikia, the phone’s name means “hope” in the local language.  Mankou, head of the company VMK, said the Android-powered device was on sale only in Congo for now, but he planned to launch it in other countries very soon.